Editing Cambridge, Ontario (section)

====GO train service proposals====
{{See also|Kitchener line|Milton line}}

In the years following the discontinuance of all passenger rail service to Cambridge, municipal officials lobbied for its return. In 2013, then-mayor Doug Craig reported positive results from negotiations with the [[Ontario Ministry of Transportation]] around an extension of [[GO Transit]]'s [[Milton line]] service from its terminus at [[Milton, Ontario|Milton]];<ref name=fast-track>{{cite news |url=https://www.therecord.com/news/waterloo-region/2013/11/09/craig-wants-to-fast-track-go-trains-to-cambridge.html |title=Craig wants to fast track GO trains to Cambridge |first=Greg |last=Mercer |date=9 November 2013 |newspaper=[[Waterloo Region Record]]}}</ref> both Galt and Milton are located along the Canadian Pacific Railway's [[Galt Subdivision]], which Milton line trains use. Craig pointed to the number of existing GO bus riders in Cambridge, as well as the number of Cambridge residents driving to Milton or to Paris, the latter to board [[Via Rail]] intercity trains which could reach Toronto in around an hour.<ref name=fast-track /> The full business case for the Milton line extension, entitled "Cambridge on the GO", was released in 2015.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.cambridge.ca/en/learn-about/resources/Cambridge-on-the-GO-Business-Case-Final-June-11-15.pdf |title=Cambridge on the GO Business Case |date=June 2015 |publisher=City of Cambridge, Ontario}}</ref>

In 2018, citing the inability to successfully negotiate with Canadian Pacific for further access for passenger trains along the Galt Subdivision, regional and municipal governments, along with Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation, began to pursue a possible passenger rail connection to the [[Kitchener line]] at [[Guelph Central Station]], using the existing CN Fergus Subdivision to reach it.<ref name=star-shifts-rail-line>{{cite news |url=https://www.thestar.com/local-cambridge/news/2021/05/10/proposed-cambridge-to-toronto-go-train-shifts-to-rail-line-through-fergus-and-guelph.html |title=Proposed Cambridge to Toronto GO Train shifts to rail line through Guelph |first=Bill |last=Doucet |date=10 May 2021 |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref> An early 2021 report detailed the second stage of the feasibility study, which addressed details around service levels and station locations.<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility>{{cite report |url=https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/living-here/resources/Transportation-Master-Plan/DOCS_ADMIN-3637986-v1-Cambridge_to_Union_GO_Study_Phase_2_Report_Final_Feb_2021.pdf |date=February 2021 |title=Cambridge to Union GO Rail Feasibility Study PHASE 2 REPORT |publisher=Region of Waterloo}}</ref> The report proposed a service launch of 2026.<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|19}} Proposed train frequencies would be between one and four per hour, with travel times of around 15 minutes.<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|20}} Ridership estimates for 2026 would be 80,000–385,000 per year in different scenarios,<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|27}} dependent on the level of infrastructure investment in the line. The study estimated a lower cost and travel time to Toronto compared to driving directly or using existing GO or Via services; this differential was projected to increase approaching the mid-21st century, driven by road congestion and the effects of infrastructure investment on the Kitchener line, which would decrease train travel times.<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|32}} The study also argued that the service would aid in intensification of development in low-density areas of Cambridge,<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|34}} be highly deliverable due to its use of an existing rail corridor,<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|33}} and improve labour mobility and economic development in Southwestern Ontario.<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|33}} The preferred station location was at Pinebush,<ref name=cambridge-guelph-feasibility />{{rp|iii–iv}} which is also planned to be an Ion LRT station, making direct transfers between the light rail system and Cambridge–Guelph trains possible. Cambridge city councillors responded to the report favourably, highlighting a positive response from constituents.<ref name=ctoday-gotrain-2021>{{cite news |url=https://www.cambridgetoday.ca/local-news/cambridge-councillors-eager-to-get-on-the-go-3775563 |title=Cambridge councillors eager to get on the GO |first=Mehreen |last=Shahid |date=17 May 2021 |website=CambridgeToday.ca |publisher=Village Media}}</ref>