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= 5 waterloochronicle.ca Waterloo Chronicle | Thursday, January 26, 2023 HOW CLOSE IS TWO-WAY, ALL-DAY GO TRAIN SERVICE BETWEEN KITCHENER AND TORONTO? CHEYENNE BHOLLA cbholla@therecord.com Almost 10 years after the previous provincial government first promised two-way, all-day GO ser- vice to Waterloo Region, work continues but it's still not clear when the service will be implemented. In 2016, Metrolinx first extended GO train service between Toronto's Union Station and Kitchener, with two morning and two Kathleen Wynne, the ‘Liberal pre- mier at the time, promised to have two-way, all-day service running by 2024. As 2024 approaches, the current Conservative gov- ernment under naw Doug Ford is moving ward with the “largest "In the past few years, we have increased service to Halton Hills, Guelph and Kitchener by nearly 45 per cent with new midday and late-night options for com- muters," said Dakota Bra- sier, a Ministry of Trans- portation spokesperson. Work has recently been done in Guelph. Rehabilitation of retain- ing walls and the repair and replacement of two bridges were completed in December. Work on the re- taining walls had to first be completed before a second track could be replaced. Retaining walls hold back the dirt so that Metrolinx can expand the corridor. Construction of a sec- ond passing track in Bres- lau is ongoing, and con- struction ofa maintenance storage track near Rock- wood will begin this year, said Brasier. net May 2022, Metrolinx, e provincial agency in Gare of GO service, an- nounced a contract with at Guelph Central GO Sta- tion, a new storage track for maintenance vehicles and a 2.6-kilometre pass- ing track in Breslau. The passing track, one of three to be constructed T love Visit: CscMonAvenir.ca To learn more, visit : my Eench School! JOIN US AT OUR OPEN HOUSES! Cambridge | Pere-René-de-Galinée (Grades 7 to 12) Wednesday, February 15 at 6:30 p.m. Waterloo | Mére-Elisabeth-Bruyére (JK to Grade 6) Tuesday, February 7 at 6 p.m. Immersion students are e welcome t to apply! Register your child for September 2023! to-register/ Menir ‘CONSEIL SCOLAIRE CATHOLIQUE Go trains sit parked in Kitchener near King Street. along the Kitchener Line, would allow trains travel- ling in opposite directions to pass each other between Kitchener and Guelph. This work is set on be com- pleted in early Trains how have to share a single track with freight traffic, slowing down service because pas- senger trains have to wait on a siding until freight trains pass. Improvements at Bloor GO Station and West ronto Railpath are in set to finish in 2025 as part of the bigger project. The massive two-way, all-day transit project re- quires a capital investment @ Create Waterloo Metroland file photo of at least $806 million and would see trains between Kitchener and non Sta- hour — 30 min- cent interview that two- See - page 9 iscover the magic of winter in Waterloo Meet snow dogs, admire ice carving, build snow sculptures _ and much more in uptown Waterloo. WinterlooFestival.ca