Northfield station (Waterloo)

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Northfield
Northfield Station Waterloo Dec 2018.jpg
Station completed, December 2018
General information
Location Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°29′50″N80°32′36″W / 43.49736°N 80.54330°W / 43.49736; -80.54330
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks2
Bus routes3
Bus operators Grand River Transit
Connections 9  Lakeshore
 19  Hazel
 73  Northlake
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
Services
Preceding station Grand River Transit Following station
Conestoga
Terminus
Ion Research and Technology
toward Fairway

Northfield is a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. [1] It is located on Northfield Drive in Waterloo, between Parkside Drive and the Conestoga Parkway, at the existing railway corridor. It opened on June 21, 2019.

Access to the platform is from the north, directly from the Northfield Drive sidewalk; to the south, there is only an emergency egress on the eastern side, where a locked gate gives access for Ion staff to the Operations and Maintenance facility just to the south.

The station's feature wall consists of brown stone tiles with wavering variations.

Just opposite the station on Northfield Drive, in the same rail corridor, is the southern terminus of the Waterloo Central Railway tourist train to St. Jacobs and Elmira.

It marks a transition point between tracks running in the boulevard of a road in the direction of the Conestoga terminus, and open tracks running in a railway corridor in the direction of Uptown Waterloo. Just south of the station, the Waterloo Spur freight line merges with the southbound track; a short distance south of that, the line accesses the Operations, Maintenance and Storage Facility.

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References

  1. "Northfield". About ION. GrandLinq Contractors. Retrieved 2016-12-22.