Tri-Cities Transport Action Group

@tritag.ca

Tri-Cities Transport Action Group (TriTAG) - a group dedicated to improving walking, biking, and transit in Waterloo Region. 🔗 tritag.ca

I rode the train out to Stratford this morning and counted 367 people onboard, twice the number who took the first Stratford weekend train 3 weeks ago. Given how many people got off in Kitchener, and that it was only 6 cars, it must have been packed leaving Toronto. We need more trains!

Let's do better with ION stage 2 and get the funding for a program of ongoing transit expansion, managed by an effective in-house project team. We can and should build a lot more transit for the kinds of budgets transit projects are getting these days tritag.ca/ionizewr

Screenshot from TriTAG's IONize Waterloo Region project page:

Charge Up Waterloo Region With Transit
IONize Waterloo Region envisions a complete, reliable rapid transit network that connects Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo – guiding growth, improving access, and strengthening our region. It’s time to build ION Stage 2, the full LRT extension to Cambridge, and then to keep building.

Why More ION? / How to Expand ION Effectively / Get Involved!

Today is the first day of permanent GO train service to Stratford. What we need now is for Metrolinx to purchase the rail corridor and upgrade track to increase speed. Stratford -> Kitchener currently takes 53 minutes, but it can be under 30 minutes with simple track upgrades.

Transit Toronto@transittoronto.bsky.social · last mo.

First day of GO Train service to Stratford, Ontario. 📸 James Bow #GOTransit #Railfanning #Metrolinx #Trains

Platform at Stratford Station with the station building.