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Ainslie St. Transit Terminal

The Ainslie St. Transit Terminal is a bus station and terminal in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.[1] It is located in the core of Galt,[3]: 22  a former city which is now a community within Cambridge.

Ainslie St. Transit Terminal
General information
Location35 Ainslie Street South[1]
Cambridge, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°21′27″N 80°18′48″W / 43.35750°N 80.31333°W / 43.35750; -80.31333
Owned byRegion of Waterloo
Operated byGrand River Transit
Bus routes10[needs update]
Bus stands11[2]
Bus operators
Connections
  •  302 ION Bus 
  •  206 iXpress  Coronation
  •  51  Hespeler
  •  53  Franklin
  •  54  Lisbon Pines
  •  57  Blair
  •  58  Elmwood
  •  59  Christopher
  •  63  Champlain
Construction
Structure typeWaiting room, washroom, ticket counter
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes

The building is a single-story facility with a waiting room, ticket counter, public washrooms, and vending machines. It is surrounded on all sides by bus platforms,[2] with the only access to and from the surrounding streets by crossing the bus right-of-way.

History edit

The Ainslie Street Terminal was built as a replacement for the Mill Street Terminal (which was located on Mill Street near Main Street and Ainslie Street) after a 1988 report, commissioned by the City of Cambridge, concluded that the existing facilities were totally inadequate and a replacement terminal should be constructed.[4] This occurred around the same time as the construction of the Charles Street Terminal in the neighbouring city of Kitchener, which replaced an earlier Duke Street Terminal that had also been deemed inadequate.[5]

Local bus services at the terminal were originally operated by Cambridge Transit. In 2000, Cambridge Transit was merged with Kitchener Transit to form Grand River Transit, managed under the Region of Waterloo, as part of a general regionalization of formerly municipal services.[6][7]

Launch of iXpress edit

During the mid-2000s, planners began reorienting regional Grand River Transit service around the concept of a Central Transit Corridor, which was defined generally as the linear urbanized area, much of it following King Street, that comprised the cores of the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge.[3]: 17  The first stage in service improvements on the Central Transit Corridor was an express bus system, branded as iXpress, which was designed as a regional connector to complement existing local bus services which had largely been inherited from Grand River Transit's predecessor agencies. The Ainslie Street Terminal was chosen as the southern terminus for the iXpress service due to the relatively high number of people working in downtown Galt, as well as the high number of local bus routes (at the time, eleven) which stopped at the station.[3]: 22 

The area of the Ainslie Street Terminal was chosen specifically by regional planners as a focus for their promotion of the service due to factors relating to its urban environment, such as its relatively strong sidewalk network, a land-use mix which encouraged transportation modes other than driving, and its demographic makeup.[3]: 41  With the launch of iXpress in September 2005,[7] a bus trip between the Ainslie Street Terminal and the Conestoga Mall bus terminal in north Waterloo was reduced from 112 minutes with one transfer to a single-seat ride of 71 minutes.[3]: 48–49  Subsequent ridership studies in the late 2000s showed that only 32% of iXpress riders boarding at the Ainslie Street Terminal walked to the station, while 50% transferred from local routes. This indicated a walking rate lower than any iXpress stop in Kitchener or Waterloo, but higher than any other iXpress stop in the city of Cambridge. An analysis of generalized cost indicated a greater generalized travel cost reduction for transit riders along the southern section (Ainslie to Fairview) than the northern (Fairview to Conestoga).[3]: 53 

Ion rapid transit edit

The next change to the Central Transit Corridor was a two-stage rapid transit plan, beginning with the replacement of the original iXpress route with a combination of light rail transit (LRT) along the northern Conestoga–Fairview section, called the Ion light rail, and adapted bus rapid transit (aBRT) in the southern Ainslie–Fairview section, branded as the Ion Bus; the entire system was branded holistically as Ion rapid transit. With the launch of the Ion system in June 2019, the 200 iXpress route was eliminated, necessitating a linear transfer for riders at Fairway station.[8] Ridership statistics indicated total ridership on the 302 Ion Bus was 9% higher than on the same part of the 200 iXpress route during the same period of the previous year.[9]

Services edit

As well as being the hub for local Grand River Transit routes within the city of Cambridge and some intercity connections, the Ainslie Street Terminal is the southerly terminus for the Ion Bus adapted bus rapid transit (aBRT) service, which is the spine of the regional transit system and connects with the Ion light rail line at Fairway station in south Kitchener.

Grand River Transit edit

Summary edit

Type Routes
  rapid transit  302 
iXpress  206 
Local routes  51   53   54   57   58   59   63 

Full table edit

Grand River Transit bus routes serving the station as of March 2021 are:[10]
No. Name Connections / Destinations Frequency (minutes) Notes
 302    Bus
  • 10 peak
  • 15-30 off-peak
Wi-Fi and charging ports are available.[11]
 206  Coronation iXpress
  • 15 peak
  • 30 off-peak
 51  Hespeler
  • Delta
  • Cambridge Centre
  • Pinebush (Hespeler)
  • 15 weekday
  • 30 Saturday
Split between  51A  and  51B .
 53  Franklin Cambridge Centre 30 weekday
 54  Lisbon Pines
  • 30 weekday
  • 60 weekend
 55  Grand Ridge Queens Square 60 (all days) Loop route.
 57  Blair
  • 30 weekday
  • 60 Saturday
 59  Elmwood
  • Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary School
  • South Cambridge Shopping Centre (Sundays only)
  • 30 weekday
  • 60 weekend
One-way loop route.
 63  Champlain South Cambridge Shopping Centre
  • 30 weekday
  • 60 Saturday
One-way loop route.

Coach Canada edit

Daily intercity service to Hamilton, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, ON and Buffalo, NY.[12]

Future edit

The Region of Waterloo's Stage 2 Ion rapid transit plan would see light rail service extended through Cambridge to downtown Galt, replacing the Ion Bus. One estimate in 2019 placed the start of construction at no earlier than 2028.[13] The proposed light rail line extension would bypass the Ainslie Street Terminal while travelling along Wellington Street, then terminate at a new "Downtown Cambridge" station on Bruce Street. The stretch of roadway on Bruce Street between Ainslie Street and Water Street North would be used for an on-street bus station, replacing the Ainslie Street Terminal.[14]

References edit

  1. ^ a b . Terminals. GRT. Archived from the original on 2016-12-26. Retrieved 25 December 2016. Located in downtown Cambridge at 35 Ainslie St. S.
  2. ^ a b "Grand River Transit bus platforms at Ainslie Street Transit Terminal" (PDF). Platform layouts. GRT. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Regional Municipality of Waterloo (December 2009). iXpress: Central Transit Corridor Express Project, Urban Transportation Showcase Program Final Report (PDF). uwaterloo.ca (Report).
  4. ^ Quantrell, Jim (10 October 2008). (PDF). Cambridge Times. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
  5. ^ "TERMINALS". Transit Southwestern Ontario. 1 May 2001. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  6. ^ "About Us". Grand River Transit. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ^ a b Wyatt, David A. (12 May 2019). "Transit History of Kitchener - Cambridge, Ontario". Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  8. ^ "More than 1 million boardings on ION trains since launch: Report". CBC.ca. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  9. ^ Schmidt, Thomas (22 October 2019). TES-RTS-19-09 (Report). Region of Waterloo.
  10. ^ "Schedules". Grand River Transit. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  11. ^ "ION bus". Grand River Transit. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  12. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  13. ^ Nielsen, Kevin (31 October 2019). "ION LRT expansion to Cambridge won't begin until 2028, has $1.36 billion price tag". Global News. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  14. ^ Thompson, Catherine (6 February 2021). "Where will the Cambridge LRT go? Latest studies provide a detailed description of proposed route". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 20 March 2021.

External links edit

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Parts of this article those related to Coach Canada service information need to be updated Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information March 2021 The Ainslie St Transit Terminal is a bus station and terminal in Cambridge Ontario Canada 1 It is located in the core of Galt 3 22 a former city which is now a community within Cambridge Ainslie St Transit TerminalGeneral informationLocation35 Ainslie Street South 1 Cambridge OntarioCanadaCoordinates43 21 27 N 80 18 48 W 43 35750 N 80 31333 W 43 35750 80 31333Owned byRegion of WaterlooOperated byGrand River TransitBus routes10 needs update Bus stands11 2 Bus operatorsGrand River Transit Coach CanadaConnectionsGRT buses 302 ION Bus 206 iXpress Coronation 51 Hespeler 53 Franklin 54 Lisbon Pines 57 Blair 58 Elmwood 59 Christopher 63 ChamplainConstructionStructure typeWaiting room washroom ticket counterBicycle facilitiesYesAccessibleYesThe building is a single story facility with a waiting room ticket counter public washrooms and vending machines It is surrounded on all sides by bus platforms 2 with the only access to and from the surrounding streets by crossing the bus right of way Contents 1 History 1 1 Launch of iXpress 1 2 Ion rapid transit 2 Services 2 1 Grand River Transit 2 1 1 Summary 2 1 2 Full table 2 2 Coach Canada 3 Future 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe Ainslie Street Terminal was built as a replacement for the Mill Street Terminal which was located on Mill Street near Main Street and Ainslie Street after a 1988 report commissioned by the City of Cambridge concluded that the existing facilities were totally inadequate and a replacement terminal should be constructed 4 This occurred around the same time as the construction of the Charles Street Terminal in the neighbouring city of Kitchener which replaced an earlier Duke Street Terminal that had also been deemed inadequate 5 Local bus services at the terminal were originally operated by Cambridge Transit In 2000 Cambridge Transit was merged with Kitchener Transit to form Grand River Transit managed under the Region of Waterloo as part of a general regionalization of formerly municipal services 6 7 Launch of iXpress edit During the mid 2000s planners began reorienting regional Grand River Transit service around the concept of a Central Transit Corridor which was defined generally as the linear urbanized area much of it following King Street that comprised the cores of the cities of Kitchener Waterloo and Cambridge 3 17 The first stage in service improvements on the Central Transit Corridor was an express bus system branded as iXpress which was designed as a regional connector to complement existing local bus services which had largely been inherited from Grand River Transit s predecessor agencies The Ainslie Street Terminal was chosen as the southern terminus for the iXpress service due to the relatively high number of people working in downtown Galt as well as the high number of local bus routes at the time eleven which stopped at the station 3 22 The area of the Ainslie Street Terminal was chosen specifically by regional planners as a focus for their promotion of the service due to factors relating to its urban environment such as its relatively strong sidewalk network a land use mix which encouraged transportation modes other than driving and its demographic makeup 3 41 With the launch of iXpress in September 2005 7 a bus trip between the Ainslie Street Terminal and the Conestoga Mall bus terminal in north Waterloo was reduced from 112 minutes with one transfer to a single seat ride of 71 minutes 3 48 49 Subsequent ridership studies in the late 2000s showed that only 32 of iXpress riders boarding at the Ainslie Street Terminal walked to the station while 50 transferred from local routes This indicated a walking rate lower than any iXpress stop in Kitchener or Waterloo but higher than any other iXpress stop in the city of Cambridge An analysis of generalized cost indicated a greater generalized travel cost reduction for transit riders along the southern section Ainslie to Fairview than the northern Fairview to Conestoga 3 53 Ion rapid transit edit The next change to the Central Transit Corridor was a two stage rapid transit plan beginning with the replacement of the original iXpress route with a combination of light rail transit LRT along the northern Conestoga Fairview section called the Ion light rail and adapted bus rapid transit aBRT in the southern Ainslie Fairview section branded as the Ion Bus the entire system was branded holistically as Ion rapid transit With the launch of the Ion system in June 2019 the 200 iXpress route was eliminated necessitating a linear transfer for riders at Fairway station 8 Ridership statistics indicated total ridership on the 302 Ion Bus was 9 higher than on the same part of the 200 iXpress route during the same period of the previous year 9 Services editAs well as being the hub for local Grand River Transit routes within the city of Cambridge and some intercity connections the Ainslie Street Terminal is the southerly terminus for the Ion Bus adapted bus rapid transit aBRT service which is the spine of the regional transit system and connects with the Ion light rail line at Fairway station in south Kitchener Grand River Transit edit Summary edit Type Routes nbsp rapid transit 302 iXpress 206 Local routes 51 53 54 57 58 59 63 Full table edit Grand River Transit bus routes serving the station as of March 2021 update are 10 No Name Connections Destinations Frequency minutes Notes 302 nbsp Bus FairwaySportsworldPinebushCambridge Centre 10 peak15 30 off peak Wi Fi and charging ports are available 11 206 Coronation iXpress FairwaySportsworldCambridge Memorial HospitalDeltaSouthwood Secondary School 15 peak30 off peak 51 Hespeler DeltaCambridge CentrePinebush Hespeler 15 weekday30 Saturday Split between 51A and 51B 53 Franklin Cambridge Centre 30 weekday 54 Lisbon Pines 30 weekday60 weekend 55 Grand Ridge Queens Square 60 all days Loop route 57 Blair BlairConestoga College CambridgeDoon 30 weekday60 Saturday 59 Elmwood Monsignor Doyle Catholic Secondary SchoolSouth Cambridge Shopping Centre Sundays only 30 weekday60 weekend One way loop route 63 Champlain South Cambridge Shopping Centre 30 weekday60 Saturday One way loop route Coach Canada edit Daily intercity service to Hamilton St Catharines Niagara Falls ON and Buffalo NY 12 Future editThe Region of Waterloo s Stage 2 Ion rapid transit plan would see light rail service extended through Cambridge to downtown Galt replacing the Ion Bus One estimate in 2019 placed the start of construction at no earlier than 2028 13 The proposed light rail line extension would bypass the Ainslie Street Terminal while travelling along Wellington Street then terminate at a new Downtown Cambridge station on Bruce Street The stretch of roadway on Bruce Street between Ainslie Street and Water Street North would be used for an on street bus station replacing the Ainslie Street Terminal 14 References edit a b Ainslie Street Transit Terminal Terminals GRT Archived from the original on 2016 12 26 Retrieved 25 December 2016 Located in downtown Cambridge at 35 Ainslie St S a b Grand River Transit bus platforms at Ainslie Street Transit Terminal PDF Platform layouts GRT Retrieved 1 September 2019 a b c d e f Regional Municipality of Waterloo December 2009 iXpress Central Transit Corridor Express Project Urban Transportation Showcase Program Final Report PDF uwaterloo ca Report Quantrell Jim 10 October 2008 EVENTS FROM 1988 PDF Cambridge Times Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 06 Retrieved 27 March 2010 TERMINALS Transit Southwestern Ontario 1 May 2001 Retrieved 19 March 2021 About Us Grand River Transit Retrieved 19 March 2021 a b Wyatt David A 12 May 2019 Transit History of Kitchener Cambridge Ontario Retrieved 19 March 2021 More than 1 million boardings on ION trains since launch Report CBC ca Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 18 October 2019 Retrieved 19 March 2021 Schmidt Thomas 22 October 2019 TES RTS 19 09 Report Region of Waterloo Schedules Grand River Transit Retrieved 19 March 2021 ION bus Grand River Transit Retrieved 19 March 2021 Coach Canada schedule from GRT Archived from the original on 2010 08 20 Retrieved 2010 03 27 Nielsen Kevin 31 October 2019 ION LRT expansion to Cambridge won t begin until 2028 has 1 36 billion price tag Global News Retrieved 20 March 2021 Thompson Catherine 6 February 2021 Where will the Cambridge LRT go Latest studies provide a detailed description of proposed route Waterloo Region Record Retrieved 20 March 2021 External links edit nbsp Media related to Ainslie Street Transit Terminal at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ainslie St Transit Terminal amp oldid 1013282054, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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