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Platform F at the Charles St. Terminal now has a real-time information display above the doors to the pod. Considering that this is the only new display at the terminal I would assume that the 204 will stop at the current 1/25 bays .
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08-16-2015, 09:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-16-2015, 09:09 PM by TMKM94.)
I have an idea for GRT once the ion is running. GRT should rename there buses ion bus and ion bus express or ibus and ibus express to group all the modes together.
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Does anyone know where the 200 will detour when Benton/Charles is closed?
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(08-17-2015, 04:55 PM)Waterlooer Wrote: Does anyone know where the 200 will detour when Benton/Charles is closed?
An excellent question, given MANY other routes use the intersection (both normally and on detour) and there's no obvious detour given the current state of the roads in the area.
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(08-17-2015, 04:55 PM)Waterlooer Wrote: Does anyone know where the 200 will detour when Benton/Charles is closed? I imagine outbound via Ontario to Duke or Weber, inbound via Frederick, King, Gaukel (I believe both Charles / Gaukel and Charles / Ontario will be open before Charles / Benton is closed).
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(08-16-2015, 06:10 PM)D40LF Wrote: Platform F at the Charles St. Terminal now has a real-time information display above the doors to the pod. Considering that this is the only new display at the terminal I would assume that the 204 will stop at the current 1/25 bays .
You would be correct!
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08-18-2015, 10:02 PM
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Looks like Highland Hills Terminal will only service route 22. I'm assuming that the remaining routes in south-west Kitchener will be reorganized for Fall 2016? Possibly with the removal of Forest Glen Terminal. I'm assuming they'll get rid of Charles Street Terminal in the near future too... possibly as early as 2017 with ION? The 204, 1, 200, 7D,E,A,F, and possibly other routes (3,11,22,8) will not be servicing Charles Street in 2017, so it will be pretty empty.
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(08-18-2015, 10:02 PM)Waterlooer Wrote: Looks like Highland Hills Terminal will only service route 22. I'm assuming that the remaining routes in south-west Kitchener will be reorganized for Fall 2016? Possibly with the removal of Forest Glen Terminal. I'm assuming they'll get rid of Charles Street Terminal in the near future too... possibly as early as 2017 with ION? The 204, 1, 200, 7D,E,A,F, and possibly other routes (3,11,22,8) will not be servicing Charles Street in 2017, so it will be pretty empty. IIRC, Fall 2017. Without the 205 iXpress, as well as the 203 extension to Fairview Park, staff are quite limited in what they can do in terms of restructuring. As for the CST, "that in the short term will remain and it may remain in the long-term as well".
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(08-18-2015, 10:20 PM)D40LF Wrote: (08-18-2015, 10:02 PM)Waterlooer Wrote: Looks like Highland Hills Terminal will only service route 22. I'm assuming that the remaining routes in south-west Kitchener will be reorganized for Fall 2016? Possibly with the removal of Forest Glen Terminal. I'm assuming they'll get rid of Charles Street Terminal in the near future too... possibly as early as 2017 with ION? The 204, 1, 200, 7D,E,A,F, and possibly other routes (3,11,22,8) will not be servicing Charles Street in 2017, so it will be pretty empty. IIRC, Fall 2017. Without the 205 iXpress, as well as the 203 extension to Fairview Park, staff are quite limited in what they can do in terms of restructuring. As for the CST, "that in the short term will remain and it may remain in the long-term as well".
Thanks! All that makes sense. But darn, I really was hoping CST wouldn't be in use anymore once ION comes in... just seems like more of a time waster. I would rather all the routes be more grid-like and service the ION stops instead.
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(08-18-2015, 10:20 PM)D40LF Wrote: As for the CST, "that in the short term will remain and it may remain in the long-term as well".
Keep pushing. Give them positive feedback on the route changes, point to the Houston example, and don't let them dither on ripping the band-aid off.
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There's a new concrete pad at the route 7 temporary stop on Park St just north of the CN line. Interesting, considering this is unlikely to be a bus stop in the long run. Perhaps they received complaints.
Amusingly, due to the Park St closure, the stop is not in use.
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(08-18-2015, 05:56 PM)KevinL Wrote: (08-16-2015, 06:10 PM)D40LF Wrote: Platform F at the Charles St. Terminal now has a real-time information display above the doors to the pod. Considering that this is the only new display at the terminal I would assume that the 204 will stop at the current 1/25 bays .
You would be correct!
Where does route 20 stop?
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It no longer goes to Charles St Terminal!
It is the first guinea pig in the move to have routes no longer stop at Charles St.
It takes Victoria to Weber, and Weber down to Frederick, then continues east on Frederick.
From what I've heard, reactions at the public info sessions to this change were not as negative as GRT was suspecting they might be.
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@JohnHill_TDM tweeted this today.
Quote:Landscaping, stone sitting walls and sidewalks for transit riders! This @RegionWaterloo is getting prettier every day
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Interesting. I've always thought that the Ainslie St terminal had a lot of potential that was nowhere near being met. Nice start.
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