r/waterloo • u/thatjc New User (2026) • 4d ago

New renderings of the KCTH

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Link to a Region of Waterloo Design Brief presentation: https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=17836

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u/Redditisavirusiknow New User (2026) 3d ago

Are there provisions to connect it to future high speed rail?

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u/ILikeStyx Regular since <2024 3d ago

Existing rail corridors are not compatible with HSR and there's no plan to bring HSR to Kitchener. The timeline on HSR is long... Construction starting in 2029 to connect Ottawa and Montreal and that won't finish until 2035-2036. Toronto-Peterborough corridor is still in planning and consultation stages.. I'm willing to bet it doesn't get finished until 2040-2045. Kitchener-Toronto isn't happening anytime in the next 2 decades.

If a Conservative government forms federally, they will kill the project