 Breslau | |||||||||||
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| Location | Fountain Street Woolwich, Ontario | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°29′7″N80°23′45″W / 43.48528°N 80.39583°W /43.48528; -80.39583 (expected) | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms[1] | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2[1] | ||||||||||
| Connections |  GRT buses | ||||||||||
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| Parking | ~1000[1] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opening | TBA | ||||||||||
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Breslau GO Station is a plannedGO Transit train station to be built byMetrolinx near the community ofBreslau inWoolwich, Ontario, as part of GO Transit'sRegional Express Rail (RER) expansion program. The preliminary plan is to provide approximately 1000 parking spaces. A kiss and ride area and a bus loop are also planned to be provided.[1] Metrolinx expects the station's daily ridership to be 2,480 in 2031.[2]
The station was initially proposed in 2009 as part of the extension of the line fromGeorgetown toKitchener and was meant to handleWaterloo Region'spark and ride demand.[3] The station was not built as part of that expansion and station was proposed again in 2015, as part of a larger list of potential future stations.[4] In July 2016, the Initial Business Case analysis report was released, rating the station high for affordability and ease of construction but low for ridership.[1]
On June 27, 2016, then-Minister of TransportationSteven Del Duca announced the station would be built as part of the RER program,[5][6] and in 2019 Metrolinx approved the project including a completion date of 2025.[7] However, in 2024 the project was described as still being in the "early stages".[8] In June 2024, the Region of Waterloo purchased land in Breslau that could host a potential GO station and transit-oriented development.[9] As of 2024, a required environmental assessment of the land has not been completed.[8]
The planned train station in Breslau is the community's second; the first was a single storey wood structure built by theGrand Trunk Railway in 1856.[10] The GTR station was located on the south side of the tracks, and the west side of Woolwich Street South.[11][self-published source?] Later assumed byCanadian National Railway as a railway/telegraph station, passenger service was abandoned sometime between 1961 and 1967.[12][self-published source?] The station was demolished and is now the site of Fleischauer Brothers Landscaping.[citation needed]
Breslau – Greenhouse Road: This site is designed to accommodate the Waterloo Region's park and ride demand
Metrolinx approved a plan on Friday to bring two-way, all-day GO trains to Kitchener by 2025" "the proposal also adds a station near Breslau
