Grand River Transit enhancing bus service for Cambridge and Breslau in September
Starting in September, two new bus routes will begin operating in the Cambridge Business Park and Breslau areas, with new transit stops and expanded hours of service coming to Cherry Blossom Road, Royal Oak Drive, Speedsville Road and sections of Fountain Street North.
“Demand for Route 72 has reached capacity, and the surrounding residential area and business park are growing. Additionally, Conestoga College opened its Reuter Drive campus in September 2022, and opportunities to better serve the campus area were raised during the College U-Pass referendum,” says a report to the region’s planning and public works committee that outlines the changes.
A new conventional route will operate from Sportsworld Station, offering improved transit for students, businesses, residents of the growing River Mill subdivision, as well as a new cultural centre, the report reads.
This route loops around Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada and passes the Reuter Campus of Conestoga College by heading northeast up Maple Grove, turning right on Cherry Blossom Road, left on Speedsville Road and left back onto Maple Grove, making a northern loop around Boxwood Drive and part of Vondrau Drive, then returning to Maple Grove and back to Sportsworld Station. The route will operate five days a week, 18 hours a day, in one direction every 30 minutes.
A new BusPLUS route will provide additional service to the Cambridge Business Park with connections at Sportsworld Station to the Region of Waterloo International Airport, reallocating the vehicle from the current Route 72.
GRT customers requested additional transit connections to GO and GRT inter-regional services, which are provided at Sportsworld Station, the report notes.
The route will start at Sportsworld Station, turn left on Cherry Blossom Road, right onto Fountain Street, and follow Fountain Street until it gets to the airport. This will provide a second connection for residents of Breslau to the GRT network and operate five days a week, during morning and afternoon peaks, with some late evening service. Service changes were approved as part of the 2024 regional budget and will be part of an information campaign.
New route numbers, route names, stops and final schedules are to be publicized this summer in advance of the service changes.