Victoria Park is a stop on the

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system. It is located alongside Charles Street, just west of Gaukel Street, in Kitchener. Its namesake,

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, has its eastern entrance about south of the station along Gaukel. It opened in 2019. The station serves southbound trains only; the nearest northbound platform is at

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, about away up Gaukel and Young streets. The station's feature wall consists of brown stone tiles with flowing, random striations. The platform is connected with Charles Street's sidewalks at either end, and pedestrians passing through walk along the platform. The station is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Charles Street West and Gaukel Street. It is immediately adjacent to 44 Gaukel Street, a

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building constructed in 1962–64, which was formerly a

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depot before it was converted to its current use as an arts centre. Across Gaukel Street is the

Charles Street Transit Terminal The Charles Street Transit Terminal is a former bus terminal in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It is the former downtown hub for local Grand River Transit (GRT) bus services for Kitchener and Waterloo, although the terminal now sits vacant and mostl ...

, the former

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hub in Kitchener until the launch of light rail service in 2019; it is now completely shuttered. Across Charles Street from the station is the 31-storey ''Charlie West'' condominium development, one of the tallest in the area. The section of Gaukel Street between Charles Street and Joseph Street was pedestrianized in the summer of 2020, during the

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. This came after a campaign by residents to pedestrianize the street, with city planners identifying it as a significant pedestrian corridor connecting the city hall and King Street with Victoria Park and its adjacent light rail station.

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* {{Kitchener, Ontario Ion light rail stations Railway stations in Kitchener, Ontario 2019 establishments in Ontario