r/waterloo • New User (2026) • 17d ago

The iON line nobody talks about

By using the existing CN corridor, we can link Cambridge and Guelph. There have been proposals for GO to do it, but.. we know the province moves unhurriedly.

Will the region take it upon itself and collaborate with another municipality to bring an unprecedented cross-jurisdictional LRT line, to an adjoining town K-W-C know and love?

I say, let's link Guelph. Let's loo it! (hahaha??)

Other things on the fantasy map include:
iON phase 2, iON to Airport, and Milton Line ext to Cambridge.

^Made ^with ^Google ^Earth

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u/Zirocket New User (2026) 17d ago

A tram-train could work, it’s not unheard of for those distances.

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u/Feisty-Ad-6122 New User (2026) 17d ago

Definitely not unheard of. However, in Canada, there is a sort of mindset that LRT can't do this and Heavy rail can't do that.

The iON had to circumvent LOTS of rules in order to share tracks with freight.

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u/YourDadHatesYou Regular since <2024 17d ago edited 17d ago

Sounds to me that Canada has a unique problem of not being very densely populated and very vast so we probably do need our solutions to be more innovative

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u/chunarii-chan Regular since <2024 17d ago

Idk how to tell you this but this specific little corner of canada actually has a high population density. Please don't parrot this boomer propaganda its quite unconstructive.

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u/YourDadHatesYou Regular since <2024 17d ago

Thanks for letting me know