SaugeenJunction
Senior Member
From Facebook. New connection between CPKC and Metrolinx Kitchener Line tracks near Weston Road?
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GO Transit: Service thread (including extensions)
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LNahid2000
Senior Member
More info on the Straford Service from Matthew Rae:
Since the great news last week about the GO Train returning to Stratford, residents have been asking about the tentative schedule.
The tentative schedule is below:
Weekday – intended for commuters going to work in Kitchener, Brampton or Toronto.
Eastbound departure at 6:16 a.m., arriving at Union Station at 8:47 a.m.
Westbound departure at 4:52 p.m., arriving at Stratford Station at 7:28 p.m.
Weekend – intended for customers in Kitchener, Brampton or Toronto to explore Stratford.
Westbound departure at 8:49 a.m., arriving at Stratford Station at 11:16 a.m
Eastbound departure at 6:16 p.m., arriving at Union Station at 8:45 p.m.
My office will keep everyone posted as we approach July 6, 2026.
Since the great news last week about the GO Train returning to Stratford, residents have been asking about the tentative schedule.
The tentative schedule is below:
Weekday – intended for commuters going to work in Kitchener, Brampton or Toronto.
Eastbound departure at 6:16 a.m., arriving at Union Station at 8:47 a.m.
Westbound departure at 4:52 p.m., arriving at Stratford Station at 7:28 p.m.
Weekend – intended for customers in Kitchener, Brampton or Toronto to explore Stratford.
Westbound departure at 8:49 a.m., arriving at Stratford Station at 11:16 a.m
Eastbound departure at 6:16 p.m., arriving at Union Station at 8:45 p.m.
My office will keep everyone posted as we approach July 6, 2026.
Allandale25
Superstar
^ seems like a pretty good schedule. Does that window in the afternoon provide enough time to see a performance in Stratford?
Northern Light
Superstar
Very tight, if walking from the station, but theoretically do-able, Arrival 7:28pm, most evening shows are curtain at 8pm.
Walking time is 15-20M to Festival Theatre and 18 minutes to Tom Patterson. (from station). But if the train is late, you're done for....
tsm1072
Active Member
Isn't this where there was an already existing tie in from CPKC to the Kitchener line tracks. I wonder if this is just re-alingning that junction to account for the 4th mainline track.
Northern Light
Superstar
Travel time: 2h 31m
Travel Time: 2hr 36m
Travel time: 2hr 27m
Travel time: 2hr 29m
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Current Travel time to Stratford by car, using 401, according to Google, 2hrs 20'
Projected Travel time by Google (Saturday morning is given as a range of 90m to 2hr 10, if we split the difference, 1hr 50. )
So overall, quite competitive.
nfitz
Superstar
It should. Arrive at 11:15 am. Depart at 6:15 pm.
Curtain is normally at 2 pm. Time for a decent lunch - and perhaps a quick dinner!
urbancog
Active Member
Yes, it looks like the photo was taken from Rogers Road, looking toward Mount Dennis station. From StreetView in 2018:
smallspy
Senior Member
Yes, but.....the installation of the switch and signal on CPKC is a bit curious. There is only a single mainline track there today - the switch makes me wonder if they are going to be building a second track north from the current switch at Old Weston Rd. It certainly can't go any further north/west because of the bridge in the distance.
While right now the interchange track from CPKC interfaces with the 3-track Weston Sub at Nickle, there will a small interlocking on track 1 immediately south/east of the bridge over Black Creek.
Dan
cryogen
New Member
Related to the discussion above:
crs1026
Superstar
Track diagrams dating back to GTS showed CPKC doubling their mainline from Black Creek to Osler.
I guess it is finally happening.
One would expect a switch tieing the connecting track into the new Track 0 on the Weston Sub. To date, the connecting track continues west as Track 0, but going forward there will be a controlled junction at Black Creek as T0 will continue east to West Toronto. The signals are already on the masts for that.
- Paul