Joyce–Collingwood Station

Joyce–Collingwood
SkyTrain station
Location 5099 Joyce Street, Vancouver
Coordinates 49°14′18″N 123°01′54″W / 49.23835°N 123.031704°W / 49.23835; -123.031704Coordinates: 49°14′18″N 123°01′54″W / 49.23835°N 123.031704°W / 49.23835; -123.031704
Owned by TransLink
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Elevated
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code JY
Fare zone 1
History
Opened December 11, 1985
Previous names Joyce Station (1985-2001)
Traffic
Passengers (2011[1]) 29,046
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station
toward Waterfront
Expo Line
toward King George
Millennium Line
toward VCC–Clark

Joyce–Collingwood Station (formerly Joyce Station) is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is on Joyce Street at Vanness Avenue, in the area of Vancouver known as Collingwood. It is the sixth busiest station on Expo Line.

History

Joyce–Collingwood 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.

The station was opened as Joyce Station in 1985 along the original Expo Line. It replaced Joyce Loop, located 600 metres south at the intersection of Joyce Street and Kingsway, as the main transfer point to local transit services in the area. Trolley wire were extended to the station in early 1986 to bring trolley buses to the bus loop.[2]

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. The "Collingwood" portion of the name was added in 2001 to try to reflect a positive presence imposed by SkyTrain on the surrounding community, as this station had been known to have a particularly negative community impact in terms of inducing high rates of crime and violence since its opening in the mid-80s.

As part of the Expo Line upgrades to be complete by the end of 2016, new elevators, escalators, and parking for bicycles will be constructed and the design of the station will be improved.[3]

Service

Station information

Station layout

T Platform 1  Expo Line towards Waterfront,  Millennium Line towards Waterfront (29th Avenue)
Island platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2  Expo Line towards King George,  Millennium Line towards VCC–Clark (Patterson)
S Street (West) West entrance, bus loop
Ticket vending machines, fare gates
Street (East) East entrance, drop-off area
Ticket vending machines, fare gates

Entrances

Transit connections

Joyce–Collingwood Station provides a partial off-street transit exchange at the intersection of Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue. Bus bay assignments is as follows:[4]

Bay Location Routes Destinations
1 Bus Loop / Vanness Avenue
Westbound
28 Phibbs Exchange
Capilano University
Capilano U service from Sep-Jun (peak hours only)
2 Bus Loop / Vanness Avenue
Westbound
27 Kootenay Loop
Bus Loop HandyDart
3 Bus Loop 26 29th Avenue Station
4 Bus Loop 41 UBC
Crown
Buses to Crown turn around at Crown St and Marine Dr
5 Joyce Street
Southbound
43 UBC (PM peak only)
5a Joyce Street
Southbound
43 UBC (AM peak only)
Joyce Street
Northbound
41
43
(Unloading Only)

References

  1. "2011 SkyTrain Station Counts". TransLink. Retrieved January 2013.
  2. The Buzzer 71 (5), BC Transit, February 28, 1986
  3. "Joyce-Collingwood Station Upgrades". TransLink. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  4. Map of Joyce Station

External links

Media related to Joyce-Collingwood Station at Wikimedia Commons

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