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Stage 2 ION light rail Kitchener Cambridge
Stage 2 ION — light rail from Fairway Station (Kitchener) to downtown Cambridge: capital cost published in 2025 dollars, escalated to 2033
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- Buyer
- Regional Municipality of Waterloo — Rapid Transit and Grand River Transit
- Where
- Ontario · Kitchener–Waterloo
- Segments
- Track, Civil works, Stations & depots, Electrification, Rolling stock, Signalling
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Rolling-stock hardware, Signalling & train control
- Status
- Planned — Regional Council endorsed the full-length light rail option to downtown Cambridge in November 2025, following a committee recommendation in November 2025, and the project moves into detailed design and pre-construction — heritage assessments, utility relocations, environmental field work and detailed design — while staff pursue full provincial and federal funding.
- Value band
- over $1bn
- Currency
- CAD
- Key dates (month)
- Committee recommendation November 2025 · Council approval November 2025
Status in full
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Regional Council endorsed the full-length light rail option to downtown Cambridge in November 2025, following a committee recommendation in November 2025, and the project moves into detailed design and pre-construction — heritage assessments, utility relocations, environmental field work and detailed design — while staff pursue full provincial and federal funding. No construction procurement has been issued.
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- Exact value
- How the figure was arrived at
- Key dates (2)
- Published bidders
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4 sources · all primary
- ● Regional Municipality of Waterloo · Report TSD-RTS-25-003, Stage 2 ION (council agenda document) (published 2025-11-04 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Regional Municipality of Waterloo · Rapid Transit to Cambridge — Initial Business Case, Appendix B (capital and operating cost estimates) (published 2025-11-04 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Regional Municipality of Waterloo · Regional Council approves extending light rail to Cambridge (published 2025-11-19 · checked 2026-09-12)
- ● Regional Municipality of Waterloo · Stage 2 ION (published 2026 · checked 2026-09-12)
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