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
toward Waterfront
Expo Line
Surrey
toward King George
Expo Line
Lougheed

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

Station information

Station layout

B Balcony Overhead walkway connecting the two platforms
S/T Street Station entrances
Ticket vending machines, fare gates, pop vending machine
Side platform, Doors will open on the right
Platform 1  Expo Line towards Waterfront (Royal Oak)
Platform 2  Expo Line towards King George and Production Way–University (22nd Street)
Side platform, Doors will open on the right

Entrances

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]

Bay Routes Destinations
1 Unloading only
2 129 Patterson Station
3 106 Metrotown Station
4 106 New Westminster Station
5 112 New Westminster Station
6 116 Metrotown Station
7 C5
C7
Royal Oak Station
Metrotown Station
HandyDART

References

  1. "2011 SkyTrain Station Counts". TransLink. Retrieved August 10, 2016.
  2. Map of Edmonds Station
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