The Ontario government has reached an agreement in principle with CN Rail to purchase nearly 21 kilometres of land to build dedicated GO tracks on the Kitchener Line.

The agreement coincides with additional GO train service that will be added to the Kitchener Line in November, including 18 new weekend trips between Bramalea GO and Union Station, as well as the first-ever weekend service to Kitchener.

"Today, we’re taking two pivotal steps towards delivering two-way, all-day GO train service between Kitchener and Toronto," said Transport Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria.

The agreement is the latest step to build faster two-way, all-day rapid service on the Kitchener Line as part of the Kitchener Extension Project. The project will add 40 kilometres of new, two-way track and includes track re-alignments, signal upgrades, bridge work and platform expansion along the corridor.

Track work in the Kitchener and Guelph areas has already reduced travel times from Kitchener GO to Union Station by an average of 15 minutes.