Conestoga station

{{short description|Light rail station and bus terminal in Waterloo, Ontario}}

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| name = Conestoga

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| style = GRT

| image = Conestoga Station - March 2019.jpg

| caption = The completed light rail station in March 2019

| address = Waterloo, Ontario

| country = Canada

| coordinates = {{coord|43|29|53|N|80|31|45|W|region:CA-ON_type:railwaystation|display=inline}}

| platforms = Side platforms

| tracks = 2

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| bus_stands = 10

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|title={{rint|waterloo|bus}} GRT buses

| 1 = {{RouteBox|201 iXpress||#{{rcr|GRT|iXpress}}|white}} Fischer–Hallman

| 2 = {{RouteBox|202 iXpress||#{{rcr|GRT|iXpress}}|white}} University

| 3 = {{RouteBox|6||#142FA9}} Bridge–Courtland

| 4 = {{RouteBox|7||#142FA9}} King

| 5 = {{RouteBox|9||#142FA9}} Lakeshore

| 6 = {{RouteBox|14||#142FA9}} Bathurst

| 7 = {{RouteBox|21||#142FA9}} Elmira

| 8 = {{RouteBox|29||#142FA9}} Keats–University

| 9 = {{RouteBox|31||#142FA9}} Columbia

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|title={{rint|bus}} PC Connect

| 1 = {{RouteBox|1||orange|white}} K/W – Elmira – Listowel

| 2 = {{RouteBox|2||orange|white}} K/W – Stratford – St. Marys

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| opened = 1996 (bus terminal)
{{Start date|2019|06|21}} (LRT)

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Conestoga station is located beside the King Street entrance on the westerly side of Conestoga Mall in Waterloo, Ontario.{{cite web|url=http://www.grt.ca/en/travelwithus/resources/2015_fall_terminal_layouts_ConestogaMall.pdf|title=Grand River Transit bus platforms at Conestoga Mall|author=|date=|work=|publisher=GRT|accessdate=2016-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903163156/http://www.grt.ca/en/travelwithus/resources/2015_fall_terminal_layouts_ConestogaMall.pdf|archive-date=2015-09-03|url-status=dead}} This facility operates as a major transit terminal for Grand River Transit (GRT) buses, with all of the routes that it serves terminating here.{{cite web |url=http://www.grt.ca/en/routesSchedules/resources/2015-16-transit-map-KW-side-July20-2016.pdf |title=2015 -2016 Kitchener-Waterloo Route Map |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Grand River Transit |accessdate=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810141918/http://www.grt.ca/en/routesSchedules/resources/2015-16-transit-map-KW-side-July20-2016.pdf |archive-date=2016-08-10 |url-status=dead }} Perth County Connect buses, serving Stratford, Perth County and London, also serve the station via a stop on King Street.{{cite web |title=Perth County Connect is officially in service! |url=https://twitter.com/GRT_ROW/status/1328381314853007360 |website=Grand River Transit |publisher=Twitter |accessdate=16 November 2020}}

Conestoga is also the northern terminus of the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system,{{cite web |url=http://rideion.ca/conestoga-mall-transit-terminal.html |title=Conestoga Mall Transit Terminal |author= |date= |work=About ION |publisher=GrandLinq Contractors |accessdate=2016-12-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161212171326/http://www.rideion.ca/conestoga-mall-transit-terminal.html |archive-date=2016-12-12 |url-status=dead }} which opened on June 21, 2019.

File:Continuum_Conestoga.jpg

Access to the LRT platforms is primarily from the north, where both a stairway and ramp lead down to the bus terminal; the King Street sidewalk can also be reached. Sidewalk access is also available from the south end of the platforms.

The station's feature walls consist of ceramic tiles in a pattern of red, orange, blue, teal, and yellow.

The station features the artwork Continuum by Catherine Paleczny about the continuum of communities and the progression of time.{{cite web |url=https://www.therecord.com/news-story/7144774-ion-public-art-costs-more-than-anticipated-but-will-make-region-friendlier-/ |title=Ion public art costs more than anticipated but will make region "friendlier" |publisher=Waterloo Region Record |first=Samantha |last=Beattie |date=February 16, 2017 |accessdate=January 3, 2018 }}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}