Homer Watson Boulevard / Fountain Street (Waterloo Road 28)
Highway 401 · Southwestern region
- Spaces
- 104
- Accessible spaces
- 4
- Enter from
- Fountain Street (Homer Watson Boulevard)
- Distance
- about 1 km from Kitchener-Waterloo
- Lit
Seats in cars already driving Kitchener-Waterloo to London, booked and paid in the Loop app. This page shows what is posted on the corridor right now, what a seat typically costs, and how it compares with the bus, the train, and driving alone.
Corridor
via Highway 401Kitchener-Waterloo · Kitchener-Waterloo, ON
95 km · 1 h 15 min
London · London, ON
Seat price
about $9
fair-share guidance
Seats from
$7
estimated seat price
corridor summary from Loop data
Counts from Loop's own ride data, each one labelled with its window. Nothing here is estimated or padded.
Seat price, estimated
$7 to $10
estimated from 95 km at typical Canadian carpool rates; drivers set the final price, and ON cost-sharing rules cap it
Typical departures
estimated from how this corridor is travelled; 2 to 4 seats per car is typical
Distance and drive time
95 km · 1 h 15 min
median of recorded Loop rides
Example ride, estimated
Kitchener-Waterloo to London
Monday 7:30 am · 2 to 4 seats · PIN pickup · in-app payment
$10 per seat
at fair-share guidance
Estimated, not a live listing: this is what a ride posted on this corridor looks like at the fair-share price for 95 km. Live rides replace it as drivers post them.
If you are driving this corridor, post the ride you are already taking. That is how every corridor on Loop starts.
As of September 7, 2026 · live data
London to Kitchener is seventy-five minutes on the 401 between two big campus cities. Western, UWaterloo and Laurier students ride it, and many Toronto-bound rides from London pass through.
Friday afternoons and Sunday evenings during term.
Drivers set the price. Loop shows fair-share guidance (typical carpool rate in ON, plus a small fixed pickup allowance) on every ride and flags a price above it. There is never surge pricing, and the price you see is the price you pay in the app.
How rides workThe areas riders usually name. Every ride lists its exact pickup before you book.
One-way, one person. A Loop seat is a share of a driver's real cost; the other rows are what the same trip costs on public transit or with the whole car on you.
Loop seat (fair-share guidance)
typical carpool rate in ON, driver sets the final price
Drive alone (CRA 73¢/km full cost)
fuel, wear, insurance and depreciation for the whole car
| Option | Mode | One way, CAD | Travel time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loop seat (fair-share guidance)typical carpool rate in ON, driver sets the final price | Carpool | about $9 | 1 h 15 min |
| FlixBus | Bus | $19 | 1 h 35 min |
| Onex Bus | Bus | $11 to $30 | 50 min |
| InterCity Bus | Bus | $17 | 1 h 26 min |
| VIA Rail | Train | $26 to $41 | 2 h 8 min |
| Drive alone (CRA 73¢/km full cost)fuel, wear, insurance and depreciation for the whole car | Solo drive | $69.35 | 1 h 15 min |
Alternative fares checked September 3, 2026 from operator sites; they change with dates and demand.
Drivers set the seat price on Loop. The app shows fair-share guidance and never adds surge pricing.
Provincial park-and-carpool lots along the corridor: agree on one in the app, leave a car, ride together.
Highway 401 · Southwestern region
Highway 401 · Southwestern region
Carpool lot data: Ontario 511 (Ministry of Transportation), Open Government Licence, Ontario, fetched September 3, 2026. Space counts and amenities are as published by the province; check the lot before you rely on it.
Straight answers about this corridor. Anything not covered here is in the full FAQ.
Other corridors that start in Kitchener-Waterloo or end in London. Many rides on this page are legs of these longer trips.
Open the app, search the corridor, and book the seat or post the trip. PIN-verified pickups, live status, and a price that splits the cost instead of surging it.