Pacific Central Station

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Pacific Central
Inter-city station
Station statistics
Address 1150 Station St, Vancouver, BC
Coordinates 49°16′25.4″N 123°05′52.5″W / 49.273722°N 123.097917°W / 49.273722; -123.097917Coordinates: 49°16′25.4″N 123°05′52.5″W / 49.273722°N 123.097917°W / 49.273722; -123.097917
Connections
  Pacific Coach Lines
  Greyhound Canada
  BoltBus
Structure type Neoclassical Revival, heritage railway station building[1]
Platforms 3 island platforms
Tracks 7
Baggage check yes
Other information
Opened 1919 (Canadian Northern Railway)
Architect Pratt and Ross
Accessible
Station code Amtrak code:VAC
IATA: XEA
VIA Rail: VCVR
Owned by Via Rail Canada[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2011)149,691[3] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station
Terminus Canadian
toward Toronto
Amtrak
Terminus Cascades
toward Eugene
Rocky Mountaineer
Terminus
 Coastal Passage
toward Banff or Jasper
    Former services    
Rocky Mountaineer
Terminus First Passage to the West
toward Calgary
Journey through the Clouds
toward Jasper

Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is a railway station which acts as the western terminus of Via Rail's cross-country The Canadian to Toronto and the northern terminus of Amtrak’s Cascades to Seattle.

Pacific Central Station is adjacent to the Vancouver SkyTrain Main Street – Science World Station. Westbound trains go into downtown near hotels, businesses and other attractions. End of the line is at Waterfront Station (formerly the Canadian Pacific station), offering connections to the Seabus, West Coast Express commuter trains, and other bus lines. Eastbound locals head into the suburbs, such as Burnaby and New Westminster.

The station also provides intercity coach service, being the head office and bus depot of Pacific Coach Lines[4] and the main Vancouver terminal for Greyhound Canada.[5] Also Malaspina bus, which serves the Sunshine Coast communities of Gibsons, Sechelt and Powell River. The station is wheelchair-accessible and is staffed with full Via services.

The Amtrak Cascades provides two round trips from Vancouver. One goes to Seattle, Washington; the other continues on to Portland, Oregon. Rather than stopping for an immigration inspection at the border, as happens with the Adirondack to Montreal and Maple Leaf to Toronto, Amtrak passengers go through Canadian customs at the station upon arrival. Passengers bound for the United States go through United States border preclearance prior to boarding in Vancouver.

The Rocky Mountaineer operated from Pacific Central Station until moving to the nearby Rocky Mountaineer Station in 2005.

The Rocky Mountaineer Plans to use the Pacific Central Station again for their new Coastal Passage route in 2013. The Pacific Central Station will be used for the international trip section between Vancouver and Seattle. While the route section between Vancouver to Jasper and Banff will operate out of the Rocky Mountaineer Station.

Pacific Central Station at dawn.

The building was designated a heritage railway station in 1991.[1] On November 8, 2010, the Canadian government announced a $5.1 million plan to rebuild parts of the station, including refurbishing windows, masonry, and the roof of the building.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 List of Designated Heritage Railway Stations
  2. ↑ Great American Stations: Vancouver
  3. ↑ "Amtrak Cascades: 2011 Performance D". Retrieved 4/10/2013. 
  4. ↑ Pacific Coach - Head Office
  5. ↑ Greyhound Canada: Vancouver Main Terminal
  6. ↑ "Ottawa to fund multi-million reno of Vancouver train station". The Province. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010. 

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