Edmonds station (SkyTrain)

Edmonds
SkyTrain station
Location	6944 18th Avenue, Burnaby
Coordinates	49°12′43″N 122°57′33″W / 49.212054°N 122.959226°W / 49.212054; -122.959226Coordinates: 49°12′43″N 122°57′33″W / 49.212054°N 122.959226°W / 49.212054; -122.959226
Owned by	BC Transit, TransLink
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	ED
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	December 11, 1985
Traffic
Passengers (2011[1])	21,945
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Royal Oak toward Waterfront Expo Line Surrey 22nd Street toward King George Expo Line Lougheed 22nd Street toward Production Way–University

Edmonds station is located on an at-grade portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system in Canada. It was built in 1985 as part of the original Expo Line.

Location

The station is located in southern Burnaby. It is immediately (130 m) southwest of the intersection of Griffiths Drive and 18th Avenue, near Edmonds Street, a short walk (700 m) south of Kingsway. There are several City in the Park high-rises adjacent to the station as well as plans for more transit-oriented development nearby. SkyTrain's maintenance and storage facility serving both Expo and Millennium lines is one block east of this station, linked to and from the main guideway by multiple switch tracks.

Service

• Edmonds station bus loop provides services to a number of TransLink bus routes serving Burnaby and New Westminster. It replaced the former Edmonds Loop located northeast of the station, at the intersection of Kingsway and Edmonds.
• Due to the proximity to the maintenance and storage facility, the station serves as the starting point for some early morning eastbound Expo trains toward King George station.
• The station also serves as a temporary terminus for SkyTrain when trains are taken out of service at the end of morning rush hours.

Station information

Station layout

Entrances

• Main Entrance is located near the northeast end of the platform. It is directly attached to the Westbound platform (Platform 1). Passenger using the Eastbound platform (Platform 2) must go through an overhead walkway to cross the tracks. There is no escalator available for the walkway.
• Secondary Entrance is located southeast of the main entrance, also on the inbound platform. It was built by opening up an emergency exit after the station was in operation. Access to Eastbound platform must use the same walkway as the main entrance. This entrance is expected to close after the completion of fare gate construction.

Transit connections

Edmonds station provides an off-street transit exchange at the northeast side of the station, at the end of 18th Avenue. Bus bay assignments is as follows:^[2]

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