Research and Technology station

Research and Technology
Station under construction, June 2017
Location	Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°28′53″N 80°32′43″W / 43.48136°N 80.54527°W / 43.48136; -80.54527Coordinates: 43°28′53″N 80°32′43″W / 43.48136°N 80.54527°W / 43.48136; -80.54527
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	GRT buses
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2018
Services
Preceding station   Grand River Transit   Following station Northfield toward Conestoga Ion University of Waterloo toward Fairway

Research and Technology will be a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. It will be located on the Waterloo Spur rail line in Waterloo, between Bearinger Road and Columbia Street, near a prominent bend in Wes Graham Way. It is scheduled to open in 2018.

It will serve its namesake, the David Johnston Research and Technology Park, to the west, and the industrial lands along Philip Street to the east (via a pedestrian pathway).

The southbound track is also used by freight trains on the Waterloo Spur line, which serves industrial locations in Elmira. These trains will only run in the overnight hours after LRT service has halted. To protect the station structure (and the trains themselves), a gauntlet track is in place alongside this station that offsets the freight track a small distance.