Commercial Drive Station
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 Commercial Drive Station |
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| First opened: | 2002 |
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| Line(s): | Millennium Line |
| Connections | 99 B-Line UBC 20, N20 Downtown / Victoria 9 Boundary / Granville / Alma / UBC N9 Coquitlam Station / Downtown |
Commercial Drive Station is an at-grade station in Vancouver, British Columbia on the Millennium Line, a part of Greater Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.
[edit] Location
The Commercial Drive Station is located deep within the Grandview Cut, near the corner of Commercial Drive and Grandview Hwy North, in East Vancouver. It is on the outskirts of Vancouver's Little Italy district.
[edit] History
The Commercial Drive Station was built in 2002 as the temporary terminus of the first segment of the Millennium Line, with connections to Broadway of the Expo Line. It has since been extended westbound by 3/4 kilometre, out of the Grandview Cut to VCC-Clark.
[edit] Services
- The station provides a transfer point to Translink bus routes serving Broadway (most notably the 99 B-Line to the University of British Columbia) and the Commercial/Victoria corridor, as well as the Expo Line, via an elevated walkway and elevator to Broadway Station
- There is a A&W, a Shopper's Drug Mart, and a Booster Juice at ground level
| TERMINUS | ← NEXT STATION OUTBOUND | Commercial Drive | NEXT STATION INBOUND → | TERMINUS | ||
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| VCC-Clark | Millennium Line | Renfrew | Waterfront via Columbia |
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| TERMINUS | ← NEXT STATION INBOUND | Broadway | NEXT STATION OUTBOUND → | TERMINUS | ||
| Waterfront | Main Street- Science World |
Expo Line | Nanaimo | King George | ||
| Millennium Line | VCC-Clark via Columbia |
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