Starting Saturday, April 10, GO Transit is revising the path for its buses operating through downtown Kitchener to avoid several upcoming construction projects.
Generally, starting Saturday, buses operate along Weber Street, instead of Victoria, Charles and King Streets.
Buses along these routes operate along the new path:
30 Kitchener / Brampton express
Starting Monday, April 12, eastbound buses operate along their usual route to Victoria Avenue North and Weber Street West, then proceed:
eastward along Weber West and East; and then
southward along Montgomery Road to King Street East,
resuming their usual route eastward along King East.Eastbound buses no longer pick up passengers at their usual stops
- on Victoria Avenue North at King Street West,
- on Joseph Street across from Ontario Street South and
- on King Street East beyond Charles Street East.
Instead, eastbound buses serve passengers at new stops
- on Weber Street West at College Street and Queen Street North and
- on Weber Street East at Montgomery Road.
Westbound buses reverse the eastbound routing.
Westbound buses no longer drop off passengers at their usual stops
- on King Street East beyond Montgomery Road,
- on Charles Street East at Queen Street South and
- on Victoria Street South at King Street West.
Instead, eastbound buses serve passengers at new stops
- on Weber Street East beyond Montgomery Road and at Queen Street North and
- on Weber Street West at Victoria Street North.
All Route 30 eastbound buses leave Kitchener GO Station five minutes later than usually and all westbound buses arrive in Kitchener five minutes earlier, with buses dropping off or picking up passengers at stops along the route as much as five minutes later or earlier than usually.
25 Waterloo / Mississauga
Starting Saturday, April 10, eastbound buses operate along their usual route to Weber Street West and Victoria Avenue North, then proceed:
eastward along Weber West and East; and then
southward along Montgomery Road to King Street East,
resuming their usual route eastward along King East.Eastbound buses no longer pick up passengers at their usual stops
- on Victoria Avenue North at King Street West,
- on Joseph Street across from Ontario Street South and
- on King Street East beyond Charles Street East.
Instead, eastbound buses serve passengers at new stops
- on Weber Street West at College Street and Queen Street North and
- on Weber Street East at Montgomery Road.
Westbound buses reverse the eastbound routing.
Westbound buses no longer drop off passengers at their usual stops
- on King Street East beyond Montgomery Road,
- on Charles Street East at Queen Street South and
- on Victoria Street South at King Street West.
Instead, eastbound buses serve passengers at new stops
- on Weber Street East beyond Montgomery Road and at Queen Street North and
- on Weber Street West at Victoria Street North.
All Route 25 eastbound buses leave the University of Waterloo five minutes later than usually and all westbound buses arrive at the University five minutes earlier, with buses dropping off or picking up passengers at stops as much as five minutes later or earlier than usually.