King Edward station
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| Location | 4099 Cambie Street, Vancouver | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°14′57″N 123°6′57″W / 49.24917°N 123.11583°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | TransLink | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Split platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Subway | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | KE | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 17, 2009 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[1] | 2,023,000 | ||||||||||
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King Edward is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is designed to accommodate the future construction of a transit-connected development over the station entrance.
Location
The station is located at the intersection of Cambie Street and King Edward Avenue, with the station entrance at the northwest corner of the intersection, replacing a small strip mall. The station serves the surrounding residential area, as well as the retail area along Cambie Street. King Edward Station is also the closest station to Queen Elizabeth Park, located 400 metres to the south.
Layout
Like Burrard and Granville stations, King Edward station has a distinctive platform design. The northbound track (to Waterfront station) is stacked above the southbound track (to Richmond–Brighouse and YVR–Airport stations), with the northbound platform being one level above the southbound platform.
Station information
Station layout
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Services
The station is served by the #15 bus providing local surface service along Cambie Street, by the #25 bus operating east to Brentwood Town Centre Station and west to the University of British Columbia, and by the #33 bus operating east to 29th Avenue Station (via Cambie, Midlothian, 33rd Ave, Slocan, 29th Ave) and west to the University of British Columbia (via Cambie, 16th Ave, Wesbrook Mall).
Bus routes
The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to King Edward Station: [2]
- 15 Olympic Village Station / Cambie
- N15 Downtown / Cambie
- 25 UBC / Brentwood Station
- 33 UBC / 29th Avenue Station
References
- ^ "2023 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Summaries". tableau.com. TransLink. April 17, 2024. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ "King Edward Station Map" (PDF). TransLink. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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