Nanaimo Station

This article is about the station in Vancouver. For the station in Nanaimo,_British_Columbia, see Nanaimo railway station
Nanaimo
SkyTrain Station
Station statistics
Address 2450 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver
Structure Partially elevated and at-grade
Platforms Side platforms
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened December 11, 1985
Accessible
Code NA
Owned by BC Transit, TransLink
Fare zone 1
Traffic
Passengers ([1])
(2009 boardings)
1,361,601
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station
toward Waterfront
Expo Line
Millennium Line

The Nanaimo Station of the SkyTrain system is an elevated station located on the Expo Line in East Vancouver.

The 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. Most of the Skytrain line through the next three stations (from Nanaimo, through 29th Avenue, to Joyce) is 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 East Vancouver.

This station marks the farthest 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 takes its name from the street it is on, which in turn, is named after the city of Nanaimo, British Columbia, located on Vancouver Island.

Bus service

Bus bay assignments;[2]
1 - Unloading
2 - 25 Brentwood Station
3 - 25 UBC
4 - 7 Dunbar

References

  1. ^ Boardings abstracted from "Fare Evasion on SkyTrain and Canada Line". Vancouver Sun. 2010-11-07. Workbook data used with Tableau Public. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/transit-system-crime/fare-evasion.html. Retrieved 2011-11-15. 
  2. ^ Map of Nanaimo Station