Coquitlam Central station

Coquitlam Central
TransLink station
Location	2920 Barnet Highway, Coquitlam Canada
Coordinates	49°16′26″N 122°48′00″W / 49.27389°N 122.80000°W / 49.27389; -122.80000Coordinates: 49°16′26″N 122°48′00″W / 49.27389°N 122.80000°W / 49.27389; -122.80000
Owned by	BC Transit, TransLink
Operated by	Coast Mountain Bus Company and TransLink
Line(s)	Canadian Pacific Railway
Platforms	1 side platform (West Coast Express) 2 side platforms (SkyTrain)
Tracks	2 (Canadian Pacific Railway) 2 (SkyTrain)
Construction
Structure type	At grade (West Coast Express) Elevated (SkyTrain)
Parking	601 spaces
Bicycle facilities	lockers
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	November 1, 1995 (West Coast Express) December 2, 2016 (SkyTrain)
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Inlet Centre toward VCC–Clark Millennium Line Lincoln toward Lafarge Lake–Douglas Moody Centre toward Waterfront West Coast Express Port Coquitlam toward Mission City

Coquitlam Central station is an intermodal rapid transit station served by both Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain metro system and its West Coast Express commuter rail system. The station is located on the north side of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) tracks in Coquitlam, just west of the Lougheed Highway rail overpass, near the Coquitlam Centre shopping mall. The platform is located on the south side of the tracks accessed via a pedestrian tunnel. The adjacent bus loop opened in the early 1990s, while the train station opened in 1995, when the West Coast Express began operating, connecting Vancouver with Mission, British Columbia. 601 parking spaces are available on site.^[1] All services are operated by TransLink.

On December 2, 2016, the Millennium Line's Evergreen Extension entered revenue service at the station, providing service to VCC–Clark in Vancouver and Lafarge Lake–Douglas in Coquitlam.^[2][3]

History

Canadian Pacific Railway brought the first passenger train service to the area in the 1880s, with the first permanent station built at Fraser Mills in 1910, on the branch line to New Westminster. The train was a vital factor in bringing new settlement, including loggers and their families, into the Coquitlam area.^[4]

The area around Coquitlam Centre has been an important focal point for bus services since the 1970s. Prior to the early 1990s, buses converged along Pinetree Way north of the intersection of Lougheed and Barnet Highway. In the early 1990s, a bus exchange was built on the southwest corner of the intersection, in roughly the same location as the current exchange, which was built during or after construction of the adjacent West Coast Express station.

Services

SkyTrain platforms at Coquitlam Central station

West Coast Express

West Coast Express station platform

Coquitlam Central is served by five West Coast Express trains per weekday in each direction: five in the morning to Vancouver, and five in the evening to Mission. In addition, there are select 701 trips arriving from Mission City on their way to downtown Vancouver in the morning, and select 701 trips operating to Mission City station in the afternoon. The station is adjacent to a major bus exchange and park-and-ride facility, which is served by local and express buses and Community Shuttle minibuses.

SkyTrain

Revenue service began at Coquitlam Central Station on December 2, 2016. It is expected to be the busiest of all Evergreen Extension stations. It provides services to nearby Lafarge Lake–Douglas station in Coquitlam and service to VCC–Clark station in Vancouver.

Transit exchange

Coquitlam Central station provides a bus exchange near the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Barnet Highway. Bus bay assignments are as follows:^[5]

References

External links

Media related to Coquitlam Central Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Fraser Mills Station

TransLink services in Metro Vancouver
SkyTrain History – Lines and stations – Rolling stock Expo Line   Waterfront ■■■■ Burrard ■ Granville Stadium–Chinatown Main Street–Science World Commercial–Broadway ■■ Nanaimo 29th Avenue Joyce–Collingwood Patterson Metrotown Royal Oak Edmonds 22nd Street New Westminster Columbia ■ Scott Road Gateway Surrey Central ■ King George ■ Lougheed branch Columbia ■ → Sapperton Braid Lougheed Town Centre ■ Production Way–University ■ Millennium Line   VCC–Clark Commercial–Broadway ■■ Renfrew Rupert Gilmore Brentwood Town Centre Holdom Sperling–Burnaby Lake Lake City Way Production Way–University ■ Lougheed Town Centre ■ Burquitlam Moody Centre ■ Inlet Centre Coquitlam Central ■ Lincoln Lafarge Lake–Douglas Canada Line   Waterfront ■■■■ Vancouver City Centre Yaletown–Roundhouse Olympic Village Broadway–City Hall ■ King Edward Oakridge–41st Avenue Langara–49th Avenue Marine Drive Bridgeport ■ Aberdeen Lansdowne Richmond–Brighouse Airport branch Bridgeport ■ → Templeton Sea Island Centre YVR–Airport
Passenger ferry and commuter rail SeaBus   Waterfront ■■■■ Lonsdale Quay West Coast Express   Waterfront ■■■■ Moody Centre ■ Coquitlam Central ■ Port Coquitlam Pitt Meadows Maple Meadows Port Haney Mission City
Bus routes and transit exchanges B-Line   91 B-Line 95 B-Line 96 B-Line 99 B-Line Exchanges Blanca Loop Capilano University Exchange Carvolth Exchange Dunbar Loop Guildford Exchange Haney Place Exchange Kootenay Loop Ladner Exchange Langley Centre Lonsdale Quay Marpole Loop Matthews Exchange Newton Exchange Park Royal Exchange Phibbs Exchange Scottsdale Exchange SFU Exchange South Delta Exchange South Surrey Park and Ride Stanley Park Loop UBC Exchange White Rock Centre General Coast Mountain Bus Company Trolley buses in Vancouver History Former B-Line 97 B-Line 98 B-Line Former exchanges Airport Station Coquitlam Recreation Centre Port Coquitlam Centre Walnut Grove Park and Ride
Stations ordered inbound → outbound ■■■■■■ indicate connections Future stations or routes italicized Fare structure