Surrey Central Station

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**Surrey Central Station**

First opened:	1994
Line(s):	Expo Line
Connections	314 Scott & 96th Ave. / Sunbury / Scott Road Station 316, 329 Scottsdale 320 Guildford / Fleetwood / Langley Centre 321 Newton Exchange / White Rock Centre/ White Rock South 323, 324, 325, 393 Newton Exchange 326, 332, C73 Guildford 335 Fleetwood 395 Willowbrook 501 Langley Centre 502 Brookswood / Aldergrove / Langley Centre 509 Walnut Grove 590 Langley South C71 Scott Road Station C74 Fraser Heights/Guildford N19 Downtown

Surrey Central Station is a station in Surrey, British Columbia, on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Greater Vancouver's SkyTrain light rail rapid transit system.

1 Location
2 History
3 Services
4 The next station is...

[edit] Location

Surrey Central Station is located in downtown Surrey, between the Central City Shopping Centre (formerly Surrey Place Mall) and the North Surrey Recreation Centre. Located near the mall is the Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University.

[edit] History

Central City Shopping Centre.

Surrey Central Station was one of three new stations opened on March 28, 1994 when the Expo Line was extended into downtown Surrey. Over the years, the area has earned itself a reputation for being unsafe and as a centre for crime, both for violence and drug trafficking. The name "Surrey Central" was given after an ad was placed in the local paper calling to residents in coming up with an appropriate name. Winners received a City of Surrey mug, a letter of thanks, and a T-Shirt with a vision of Surrey on the front of it. Previous to the SkyTrain, "Surrey Central" was a bus loop known as "Whalley Exchange" as the area was and is still commonly known today as "Whalley".

In an effort to combat the station's rundown image, and to show off experimental urban design, the City of Surrey and Translink agreed to have Surrey Central Station participate in the GVTA's Urban Transit Village program. The Transit Villages are defined by Translink as "a new approach to station design and access." While the original schedule called for construction to be completed by Spring of 2007, nothing beyond design plans have been completed. The Surrey Central plan specifically called for four improvements on Stations Access, Streets, King George Highway, and Land Use.

[edit] Services

Surrey Central Station is a connection point for twenty-one TransLink bus routes that service Surrey, White Rock, North Delta, Ladner, Tsawwassen, and Langley, the highest number of any connection point in the system. The station is the second station running from King George Station in Surrey to Waterfront Station in Vancouver.