List of Vancouver SkyTrain stations
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This is a list of stations on the Vancouver SkyTrain. Canada Line and Evergreen Line stations are included.
Expo Line
- Waterfront Station
- Burrard St Station
- Granville St Station
- Main St - Science World
- Broadway Station
- Nanaimo Station
- 29th Av Station
- Joyce-Collingwood Station
- Patterson Station
- Metrotown Station
- Royal Oak Station
- Edmonds Station
- 22nd St Station
- New Westminster Station
- Columbia Station
- Scott Road Station
- Gateway Station
- Surrey Central Station
- King George Station
Millennium Line
- Waterfront Station
- Burrard St Station
- Granville St Station
- Main St - Science World
- Broadway Station
- Nanaimo Station
- 29th Av Station
- Joyce-Collingwood Station
- Patterson Station
- Metrotown Station
- Royal Oak Station
- Edmonds Station
- 22nd St Station
- New Westminster Station
- Columbia Station
- Sapperton Station
- Braid Station
- Lougheed Station
- Production Way Station
- Lake City Station
- Sperling Station
- Holdom Station
- Brentwood Station
- Gilmore Station
- Rupert Station
- Renfrew Station
- Commercial Drive Station
Canada Line
- Waterfront
- Robson
- Yaletown
- False Creek South
- Broadway - City Hall
- King Edward
- 41st Avenue
- 49th Ave
- Marine Drive
- Bridgeport
- YVR1
- YVR2
- YVR Terminus
- Cambie
- Alderbridge
- Richmond City Centre
Evergreen Line
- Lougheed Town Centre
- Cameron
- Burquitlam
- Albert/Barnet
- Moody
- Buller
- Ioco
- Lansdowne
- Coquitlam Exchange
- Lincoln
- Civic Centre
- Douglas College
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[edit] Expo Line
[edit] Waterfront Station
Waterfront Station is located on the south shore of Burrard Inlet, just east of the north foot of Granville Street at 601 West Cordova Street. The station is within walking distance of Vancouver's historical Gastown district, the Canada Place cruise ship terminal, the Helijet International helipad, and Vancouver Harbour Water Aerodrome, the downtown float plane terminals for Baxter Aviation, Harbour Air and West Coast Air.
Other nearby facilities include the downtown campuses for Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology, federal government services in the Sinclair Centre, the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre, and the Harbour Centre revolving restaurant and observation deck. Underground passages connect to the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel and Canada Place, while a second street-level entrance opens onto Howe Street.
Waterfront Station is the downtown Vancouver terminus for the following TransLink services:
- The Expo SkyTrain line to Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey;
- The Millennium SkyTrain line to Burnaby and New Westminster (via the Expo line), circling back to VCC-Clark Station in east Vancouver;
- The Canada Line subway to Richmond and Vancouver International Airport (*under construction - due to open in Nov. 2009);
- The SeaBus passenger ferry to Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver;
- The West Coast Express commuter train and TrainBus to Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge, and Mission; and
- Various local and suburban bus routes, including the 98 B-Line express service to Richmond.
HeliJet International does not directly serve Waterfront Station, but its helipad is adjacent to the SeaBus terminal and passengers can use the SeaBus's overhead walkway to access Waterfront Station's main terminal building. The float plane terminals are located approximately two blocks west of Canada Place.
[edit] Burrard Station
Burrard Station is one of the two stations in the Dunsmuir tunnel, beneath downtown Vancouver. Burrard Station is located in the heart of Vancouver's Financial District and is very close to Coal Harbour and the Central Waterfront. The station is accessible from the surface via an entrance through a small park named Discovery Square where Burrard Street meets Melville and Dunsmuir Streets, or via the underground shopping malls of the Royal Centre and Bentall Centre office complexes.
Burrard Station is one of five SkyTrain subway stations currently serving Downtown Vancouver. It connects with many TransLink bus routes heading for North and West Vancouver, Richmond (including the 98 B-Line), Delta, Surrey, and White Rock.
[edit] Granville Station
Granville Station is named after the nearby Granville Street, whose name in turn derives from "Granville", the name of the original settlement that preceded Vancouver prior to its incorporation in 1886. The portion of Granville Street on which this station is located is known as the Granville Mall.
Granville Station is located in the heart of the Granville Entertainment District which is known for urban shopping, trendy culture and nightlife. The station is accessible from the surface via entrances on Granville and Seymour Streets (both between Georgia and Dunsmuir Street), and the newly opened Dunsmuir entrance between Granville and Seymour. The station can also be accessed underground via Pacific Centre mall, through the Downtown Vancouver premises of the Hudson's Bay Company. Granville Station is the deepest underground station in the SkyTrain system, and access through the station—depending on the platform—is only by way of two or three sets of escalators/stairs, one of which is very long.
On 22 September 2006, elevator access was introduced from Dunsmuir Street with the completion of the neighbouring Hudson on Granville development, and large signs have been added on the platforms to guide handicapped passengers to the newly available elevators. The new entrance also has separate escalator access to the platform levels independent of the existing station in a similar two up/one down configuration for the longest bank, and a new ticket vending level with a connection to the existing Granville Mall entrance and The Bay/Pacific Centre. There are a number of not yet occupied retail spaces located within the new station area's ticket vending lobby, and in the passageway to The Bay. The design of the new station, its capacity, and connection to Granville Mall make it possible that the existing facility could be closed entirely, however, Translink has announced that it will be closing the original station area only temporarily for lighting upgrades effective 23 October 2006,[1] and it will remain in operation in some form.
There is a small retail space standing at the bottom of the long escalator bank in the original station area where the corridor splits into the westbound and eastbound routes. It held a Shefield & Sons location prior to the summer of 2005, but closed for unknown reasons. This space is currently empty.
Granville Station is one of five SkyTrain stations on the Expo Line serving Downtown Vancouver. It connects with many TransLink bus routes, including trolleybus routes on the Granville Mall, and suburban bus routes (running on nearby Georgia, Howe, and Seymour Streets), heading to and from North and West Vancouver, Richmond (including the 98 B-Line), Delta, Surrey, and White Rock.
Note: Most bus routes (including trolley buses) normally running on Granville Mall outside of the station have been diverted to Seymour (northbound) and Howe (southbound), with some exceptions. No transit traffic will occur on Granville in the downtown area until Canada Line construction activity finishes, which is expected in the fall of 2009.
Like Burrard Station, Granville Station has a distinctive platform design. The westbound track (to Waterfront Station) is stacked on top of the eastbound track (to King George and VCC-Clark Stations), with the westbound platform being one level above the eastbound platform.
Granville Station is unique in having no surface entrance building of its own, independent of any adjacent buildings. The station has three entrances: Granville Mall through the Hudson's Bay Company department store, Seymour Street with direct access to the ticketing platform, and Dunsmuir Street through The Hudson condominium development.
[edit] Stadium-Chinatown Station
As its name entails, Stadium-Chinatown station is located near both the Stadium District and Chinatown. It is accessible from the surface on two levels: from the "Downtown" level at Dunsmuir Street and Beatty Street, or from the "False Creek" level near the corner of Expo Boulevard and Abbott Street.
Stadium Station, built in 1985, was named such due to its proximity to the then-new BC Place Stadium (built in 1983). Both the station and the stadium were vital pieces of Vancouver's Expo 86. The "Chinatown" portion of the station's name was added in 2004, after Vancouver city council felt it would increase tourism to the area and increase awareness to out-of-towners about Vancouver's ever-expanding Chinatown district, just one block away.
During Expo 86, the station served as a transfer point between the main site of the World's Fair and the Canadian Pavilion (now Canada Place), located on Burrard Inlet at Waterfront Station. Transferring between these two stations was free to fair attendees during the World's Fair using special shuttle trains which ran from a third track at Stadium-Chinatown Station (where there was a connection to the monorail serving the main Expo 86 site) to the Canadian Pavilion at Waterfront Station. This third track and platform are currently used for train storage and special event service. The third track makes Stadium-Chinatown the only station on the SkyTrain system with three tracks. (Lougheed Town Centre Station on the Millennium Line was built with a third platform in mind; however, since the Evergreen Line in construction may not utilize SkyTrain technology, it is not likely that the third platform will be used there.)
The station was originally constructed with an underground passage under Beatty Street to the west in anticipation of future development. When the Amec Building constructed across Beatty Street did not link to the underground passage, the passage was closed and is currently occupied by the Lost Property Office. The staircase on the west side of Beatty was filled with sand and topped with a concrete sidewalk, so that the passage could be reopened in the future.
- Stadium-Chinatown is one of five SkyTrain subway stations on the Expo and Millennium Lines currently serving Downtown Vancouver.
- Even though the station provides transfer to only a small number of bus routes, it is nonetheless very busy due to its proximity to BC Place Stadium (home of the BC Lions of the CFL and many conventions and trade shows), GM Place (home to the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL and most of Vancouver's large concerts), and Vancouver's theatre district which is also nearby.
- Following a concert or sporting event at these venues, the passenger volumes are sufficiently large that it is feasible to post TransLink personnel to collect and check fares at this station, in contrast to the proof-of-payment system normally in force on the SkyTrain. In addition, during such events, police traffic units control the flow of traffic allowing people to cross the street en masse.
- The Plaza of Nations dock for False Creek Ferries and Aquabus is located a few blocks away.
- The lost property office of TransLink is in this station.
- The station entrance closest to Chinatown is marked by traditional Chinese characters in addition to English. The sign reads: "Stadium - Chinatown 體育館／華埠（唐人街）". This makes the station the only station on the system to be officially marked in Chinese.
[edit] Main Street-Science World
The Main Street-Science World station was one of two Skytrain stations that serviced the Expo 86 site - the other was Stadium-Chinatown Station. Opened for regular service in 1985 (and full revenue service in 1986), this station served as an access point to the East Gate of Expo 86.
Prior to the beginning of regular SkyTrain operations, Main Street Station (as it was then called) served during the summer of 1983 as the western terminus of a short, 1-kilometre-long demonstration section of track. A single train ran both eastbound and westbound on the current westbound track, between the station and what was at that time the end of the completed guideway, at the eastern end of the centre median of Terminal Avenue.
Once Expo 86 had ended, many of its buildings had either been torn down or removed. One of the few to remain was the nearby geodesic dome, known during the fair as "Expo Centre". Now one of the city's most recognizable landmarks, a science museum known as Science World moved into this space. A few years later, the SkyTrain station added "Science World" to its name, due to its proximity to this popular attraction, just one block away.
In late 2004, Science World officially changed its name to the Telusphere, and later to Telus World of Science; this change has not yet been reflected in the name of this SkyTrain station.
- The Main Street-Science World station is a major connection point for the Translink Main Street trolley bus routes (including Routes #3 Main/Downtown, #8 Fraser/Downtown, and #19 Stanley Park/Metrotown Station), as well as for the VIA Rail and Amtrak trains that arrive and depart from the nearby Pacific Central Station
- The eastern terminus of the Downtown Historic Railway is located near this station; that line's streetcars run westbound along the south side of False Creek to Granville Island.
- The eastern terminus of both False Creek Ferries and the Aquabus can also be found nearby just south of Science World.
The Main Street-Science World station was the first elevated station on the SkyTrain line to have buildings built around and above it, as witnessed by the Vancity tower on the west side of the station.
[edit] Broadway Station
Broadway Station is located just east of the intersection of Broadway and Commercial Drive.
Broadway Station was built in 1985 on part of the original Expo Line. One of the system's busiest stations, and in 2002, became a major transfer point to the Millennium Line (via the Commercial Drive Station).
Broadway Station is a major connection point for TransLink bus routes that run along Broadway, including the #9 trolley bus and the #99 B-Line, a special bus with limited stops with direct access to University of British Columbia. The station also serves as a major connection point to the new Millennium Line, via an elevator and skyway to the Commercial Drive Station.
[edit] Nanaimo Station
Nanaimo station is accessible from the east side of Nanaimo Street at Vanness Avenue. It is located on the crest of a hill, providing all riders a wonderful view of Downtown and the west side of Vancouver. Just east of this station, the Skytrain line runs at grade level. All of the Skytrain line through the next three stations (from Nanaimo, through 29th Avenue, to Joyce) are located at ground level.
The Nanaimo Station was built in 1985 as part of the original Expo Line, and is a connection point for a number of TransLink bus routes in eastern Vancouver.
This station marks the furthest west station on the Expo Line that sits atop the old British Columbia Electric Railway Central Park Line; this line ran from just west of Nanaimo Station all the way to where the current New Westminster Station is located. The station and the street below are named after the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, located on Vancouver Island.
[edit] 29th Avenue
The station is on 29th Avenue at Atlin Street, adjacent to Slocan Park, in the area of Vancouver known as "Renfrew Heights", an older but nice, compact community. All of the Skytrain line through this community (from Nanaimo, through 29th Avenue, to Joyce, is located at ground level.
The station was built in 1985 as part of the original Expo Line, and provides services to a number of Translink bus routes serving eastern Vancouver.
This station is located on the old right-of-way once used by the old British Columbia Electric Railway Central Park Line; this line ran from just west of Nanaimo Station all the way to where the current New Westminster Station is located.
[edit] Joyce-Collingwood
The station is on Joyce Street at Vanness Avenue, in the area of Vancouver known as Collingwood. Formerly an industrial area, the area in the immediate vicinity of this station is being redeveloped as Collingwood Village, a denser community of high-rise condos.
Joyce-Collingwood Station was built in 1985 as part of the original Expo Line, and provides services to a number of TransLink bus routes serving eastern Vancouver and Burnaby, as well as the number 41 (regular service) and 43 (express) bus routes that runs westward to the University of British Columbia.
The station is on the old right-of-way once used by the old British Columbia Electric Railway Central Park Line; this line ran from just west of Nanaimo Station all the way to where the current New Westminster Station is located.
[edit] References
- ^ The Buzzer: Access to Granville Station temporarily restricted effective Oct. 23. Translink. Retrieved on 2006-05-26.
