News Release

Posted Monday, 03 February, 2025

February 3, 2025 — By working closely with its partners across Canada, the federal government is ensuring that more Canadians will be able to live near public transit, connecting them to jobs, services, and their communities.
Today, the Honourable Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities, the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Member of Parliament for Waterloo, and Karen Redman, Regional Chair, Region of Waterloo, announced a federal...

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Posted Monday, 13 January, 2025


Waterloo Region – Grand River Transit (GRT) proudly marks 25 years of delivering reliable, sustainable and innovative transit services to the residents of Waterloo Region. Since its inception on Jan. 1, 2000, when Cambridge Transit and Kitchener Transit merged, GRT has played a crucial...

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Posted Tuesday, 05 November, 2024

Waterloo Region – Drawing on community feedback, GRT is sharing a vision for the future of transit services, including fast and frequent service, an overnight network, and strategic expansion for new growth areas, the townships and MobilityPLUS.
This summer, GRT collected public input to inform the Conventional Bus and Train Business Plan, MobilityPLUS and Kiwanis Transit Business Plan and Township Transit Strategy. Together, the plans will be the roadmap to guide...

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Posted Monday, 03 June, 2024

Effective July 1, 2024, Grand River Transit (GRT) fares are changing to balance value and affordability with the rising cost of operating transit.
During the 2024 Plan and Budget process, an increase in fare prices was approved, in addition to new products and increased transfer times for all customers.
There will be no changes to cash fares. Overall, fares will increase by an average of 2 per cent.
To balance the increases, GRT has increased the transfer time from...

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Posted Thursday, 30 May, 2024

Each year Grand River Transit and the Region of Waterloo look forward to rolling out a new Pride bus. Unfortunately, this year’s bus will not be ready until later in June.
We understand that this is disappointing, but want to reassure our customers and the community that GRT and the Region of Waterloo remain committed to rolling out the Pride bus again this year, albeit a little later than expected. We look forward to celebrating and bringing awareness to the 2SLGBTQIA+...

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