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Metrolinx is focused on bringing better GO services, faster, to our customers in the Greater Golden Horseshoe. We’ve heard from our riders that they want more transit options across the network, so we are committed to bringing two-way all-day service to the Kitchener corridor. Significant steps are already underway to make the changes needed to accommodate better, increased service on the corridor. One of those steps includes the start of the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) to electrify 54 kilometres of the rail corridor between Georgetown and Kitchener – known as the Guelph Subdivision. A TPAP is an environmental assessment that studies the environmental impacts or effects of new transit infrastructure and provides proposed mitigation. This streamlined approach clearly outlines the impacts and allows for feedback through regular consultation from communities and stakeholders.
We want to acknowledge that the rail corridor between Georgetown and Kitchener operates on the traditional territory of many Nations. The Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabeg, and the Wendat peoples have been caretakers of this land since time immemorial. In particular we recognize the Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We know we have a responsibility to work with the original keepers of this territory where our trains operate every day.
Project Overview
Key components of the proposed new infrastructure for electrification include:
Hydro One Tap Location
Track Power Facilities
Paralleling Station
Switching Station
Traction Power Substation
Overhead Contact System
Check out our interactive map to review the proposed infrastructure, and socio-economic and land use features, along the Kitchener Corridor from Georgetown to Kitchener.
Note: The Overhead Catenary System (OCS) area and vegetation removal areas are conceptual only and will be further refined during the detailed design phase.
