When: Friday May 1st, 7:00 – 8:15pm
Where: Riverside Park Memorial Gates, 49 King Street West, Cambridge
Walk Leader: Kevin Swayze
More than a century ago, passenger trains ran down King Street in old Preston, as part of the first electric railway in what’s now Waterloo Region.
It’s not hard to find hints of Preston’s deep railway history – and perhaps its future – on a stroll along the Speed River or Eagle and King streets.
Join journalist Kevin Swayze as he shares how Preston was a busy railway hub in Waterloo County 125 years ago, for both people and freight. Trains connected Preston to Galt, Hespeler, and Kitchener.
And he’ll talk about the future of passenger trains planned for Preston, while walking part of the route proposed for light rail transit between Cambridge and Kitchener.
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