Pacific Central Station

Pacific Central
General information
Location	1150 Station Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6A 4C7
Coordinates	49°16′25″N 123°05′53″W
Owned by	Via Rail
Platforms	3 island platforms
Tracks	7
Train operators	3
Bus stands	24
Bus operators	Pacific Coach Lines Greyhound Bus Lines BoltBus Cantrail Coachlines Ltd. Wilson's Transportation Ltd. Tofino Bus
Connections	Main Street–Science World
Construction
Accessible	Yes
Architect	Pratt and Ross
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts style
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code:VAC IATA: XEA VIA Rail: VCVR
History
Opened	1919 (Canadian Northern Railway)
Passengers
2011	149,691 (Amtrak)
Services
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Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
Designated	1991
Reference no.	4527

Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is a railway station which acts as the western terminus of Via Rail's cross-country The Canadian to Toronto and the northern terminus of Amtrak’s Cascades to Seattle and Portland. The station also provides intercity coach service, being the head office and bus depot of Pacific Coach Lines and the main Vancouver terminal for Greyhound Canada. The station is wheelchair-accessible and is staffed with full Via services.

The Amtrak Cascades provides two daily round trips from Vancouver. One goes to Seattle, Washington; the other continues on to Portland, Oregon. Rather than stopping for an immigration inspection at the border, as happens with the Adirondack to Montreal and Maple Leaf to Toronto, Amtrak passengers go through Canadian customs at the station upon arrival. Passengers bound for the United States go through United States border preclearance prior to boarding in Vancouver.

The Rocky Mountaineer operated from Pacific Central Station until moving to the nearby Rocky Mountaineer Station in 2005; they began to use Pacific Central Station again for their new Coastal Passage route in 2013.

Service

• Via Rail
  • The Canadian: Thrice-weekly (twice-weekly in the winter) cross-country service to Toronto
• Amtrak
  • Amtrak Cascades: Twice Daily cross-border service to Seattle, Portland
• Pacific Coach Lines
• Greyhound Bus Lines
• BoltBus
  • Daily coach service to Bellingham and Seattle
• Cantrail Coachlines Inc.
  • Daily Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach service to Bellingham and Seattle
• Wilson's Transportation Ltd.
  • Daily Connecting Service with BC Ferries to Victoria
• Tofino Bus
  • Daily coach service to Vancouver Island

Facility

The station in 1918, known as False Creek Station. Shows the land around the building being filled in.

The building was designated a heritage railway station in 1991. On November 8, 2010, the Canadian government announced a $5.1 million plan to rebuild parts of the station, including refurbishing windows, masonry, and the roof of the building.

Public transit

Pacific Central Station is immediately adjacent to SkyTrain's Main Street–Science World station. Westbound, SkyTrain stops at Downtown Vancouver stations, located near hotels, office towers, shopping, and other attractions, terminating at Waterfront station, which offers connections to the SeaBus, West Coast Express commuter trains, and the Canada Line. Eastbound, the SkyTrain connects with the Millennium Line and continues as far as Surrey, British Columbia.

Pacific Central during the 2010 Winter Olympics

See also

• List of heritage buildings in Vancouver

External links

• Via Rail page for Vancouver train station (Pacific Central Station)

Media related to Vancouver Pacific Central Station at Wikimedia Commons