Region of Waterloo service changes for the 2012/2013 holiday season

Waterloo Region – Below is a list of Region of Waterloo service changes for the holiday season, including Christmas (December 25), Boxing Day (December 26) and New Year’s Day (January 1).

Waterloo Region Museum – Closed December 25 and 26, 2012 and January 1, 2013 – Open  New years Eve - 9:30 a.m. to  3 p.m.  

Waste/recycling/green bin – No curbside waste collection on Dec. 25, 2012 and January 1, 2013. Garbage, green bin and blue box collection will be delayed by one day.  See full schedule here: http://bit.ly/UfDbTv

Cambridge/Waterloo landfill sites and transfer stations – Closed December 25 2012, and January 1, 2013. Normal operating hours on December 26, 2012.

Region of Waterloo operated child care centres and regional home child care – Closed from Dec. 24 2012 – Jan. 2, 2013.

Sunnyside Sandhills Café – Closed December 25, 2012 – Open December 26, 2012 and January 1, 2013 

GRT Call Centre:

Monday to Friday: 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. (with the exception of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. One these two days the call centre will be closed.

Saturdays: Operating from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Sundays: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

GRT Bus Routes:

GRT bus routes will be operating on a different schedule during the holidays. Please click on the following link to find out more: http://www.grt.ca/en/routesschedules/holidayservice.asp

GRT Terminal Hours:

Ainslie Street Terminal Building Hours:

December 24, 27, 28: 5:30 a.m. – 12:45 a.m.
December 29: 6 a.m. – 12:45 a.m.
December 31: 5:30 a.m. – 2:30 a.m.
December 25, 26, 30, January 1: 10 a.m. – 12 a.m.

Ainslie Street Terminal Kiosk Hours:

December 24, 27, 28, 31: 6:50 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
December 25: Closed
December 29: 8:50 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
December 26, 30, January 1: 10:15 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Charles Terminal Building Hours:

December 24: 5:15 a.m. – 1 a.m.
December 27, 28, 29: 5:15 a.m. – 3 a.m.
December 31: 5:15am – 2 a.m.
December 25, 26, 30, January 1: 7:45 a.m. – 1 a.m.

Charles Street Terminal Kiosk Hours:

December 24, 27, 28, 31: 6:15 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
December 25: 9:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
December 26, 29, 30, January 1: 8:15 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Closed on December 25 and 26, 2012 and January 1, 2013:

All Regional Administrative Offices:

·         99 Regina Street, Waterloo

·         150 Frederick Street, Kitchener

·         150 Main Street, Cambridge

Airport administrative office
Sunnyside Tuck Shop, Wellness Centre and Gift Shop
All Regional Libraries (rural)
Regional daycare centers and Home Child Care – Closed
Joseph Schneider Haus – Closed for the season after December 24, 2012 (re-opens Feb. 16, 2013)
McDougall Cottage – Closed for the season as of December 23, 2012

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For more information, please contact:

Bryan Stortz, Director, Corporate Communications, 519-575-4408