Tens of thousands in Waterloo region ride ION trains over opening weekend

Residents of Waterloo region clambered aboard the ION LRT over its opening weekend.

A release from the region says between Friday and Sunday, 73,000 passengers were on the trains which run on 19 km circuit through Kitchener and Waterloo.

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On the service’s opening day, it said that there were 21,500 passengers on the LRT vehicles in just eight hours. On Friday, the trains ran from noon until 8 p.m.

The trains ran for 12 hours on Saturday and Sunday (10 a.m. to 10 p.m) as they carried 29,500 passengers on Day 2 and 22,000 more on the third day of operation.

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Trains began regular service on Monday which will see them take to the tracks from 4:36 a.m. until 1:45 a.m. on weekdays.