Breslau GO Station

Breslau
General information
Location	Fountain Street Woolwich, Ontario
Coordinates	43°29′7″N 80°23′45″W / 43.48528°N 80.39583°W / 43.48528; -80.39583 (expected)
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	Side platforms[1]
Tracks	2[1]
Connections	GRT buses
Construction
Parking	~1000[1]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opening	TBA
Services
Preceding station GO Transit Following station Kitchener Terminus Kitchener Planned expansion Guelph towards Union Station

Breslau GO Station is a planned GO Transit train station to be built by Metrolinx near the community of Breslau in Woolwich, Ontario, as part of GO Transit's Regional Express Rail (RER) expansion program. The preliminary plan is to provide approximately 1000 parking spaces. A kiss and ride area and a bus loop are also planned to be provided.^[1] Metrolinx expects the station's daily ridership to be 2,480 in 2031.^[2]

The station was initially proposed in 2009 as part of the extension of the line from Georgetown to Kitchener and was meant to handle Waterloo Region's park and ride demand.^[3] The station was not built as part of that expansion and station was proposed again in 2015, as part of a larger list of potential future stations.^[4] In July 2016, the Initial Business Case analysis report was released, rating the station high for affordability and ease of construction but low for ridership.^[1]

On June 27, 2016, then-Minister of Transportation Steven Del Duca announced the station would be built as part of the RER program,^[5][6] and in 2019 Metrolinx approved the project including a completion date of 2025.^[7] However, in 2024 the project was described as still being in the "early stages".^[8] In June 2024, the Region of Waterloo purchased land in Breslau that could host a potential GO station and transit-oriented development.^[9] As of 2024, a required environmental assessment of the land has not been completed.^[8]

The planned train station in Breslau is the community's second; the first was a single storey wood structure built by the Grand Trunk Railway in 1856.^[10] The GTR station was located on the south side of the tracks, and the west side of Woolwich Street South.^{[11] [self-published source?]} Later assumed by Canadian National Railway as a railway/telegraph station, passenger service was abandoned sometime between 1961 and 1967.^{[12][self-published source?]} The station was demolished and is now the site of Fleischauer Brothers Landscaping.^{[citation needed]}