Vancouver City Centre station
SkyTrain station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 702 West Georgia Street, Vancouver | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°16′55″N 123°07′08″W / 49.28202°N 123.11875°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | TransLink | ||||||||||
Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Connections | Granville (Expo Line) | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Subway | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Architect | VIA Architecture | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | VS | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 17, 2009 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2023[1] | 4,752,500 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Vancouver City Centre is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Granville Street, between West Georgia Street and Robson Street in Downtown Vancouver, and serves the shopping and entertainment districts along Granville and Robson streets, and the office and shopping complexes of Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre.
The station is within walking distance of Robson Square (home of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, and a UBC satellite campus), the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver Library Square, TD Tower, Scotia Tower and the HSBC Canada Building.
History
Vancouver City Centre station opened in 2009 and is named for its location in the centre of downtown Vancouver. VIA Architecture was the architecture firm responsible for designing the station.[2]
In 2018, TransLink announced that Vancouver City Centre station, as well as two other Canada Line stations located in downtown Vancouver, would receive an accessibility upgrade which includes additional escalators.[3] Construction is expected to begin in early 2019.[4][5]
Services
The station is located within a short walking distance of bus stops for bus services throughout Vancouver (especially the trolleybus services on Granville Mall) and to the North Shore. There are underground connections between the station and both the Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre shopping malls. Passengers are able to reach Granville station (on the Expo Line) during regular retail hours while remaining indoors by walking through Pacific Centre or Vancouver Centre and The Bay department store, although the only direct transfer point between the Canada Line and the Expo Line is at Waterfront station.
Station information
Station layout
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Entrances
- Street level entrance : located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Granville Street and West Georgia Street. Elevator access at this entrance is located south of the main entrance building.[6]
- Concourse level entrances: have a direct connection to Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre shopping malls.
Transit connections
The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Vancouver City Centre station:[7]
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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.
- ^ "Canada Line Stations". VIA Architecture. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (July 9, 2018). "More escalators to be installed at every Canada Line station in downtown Vancouver". Daily Hive. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ "Canada Line Escalator Enhancement Project". TransLink. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (February 1, 2019). "Construction begins on new escalators for all downtown Canada Line stations". Daily Hive. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ TransLink. Vancouver City Centre Station Entrance Locations (PDF) (Map). Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ "Granville Station & Vancouver City Centre Station Map" (PDF). TransLink. Retrieved 25 August 2015.