Summary
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.
Vancouver City Centre  | |||||||||||
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| SkyTrain station | |||||||||||
 Street level entrance outside of Pacific Centre | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Subway | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | VIA Architecture | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | VS | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 17, 2009 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2022[1] | 4,027,800 | ||||||||||
| Rank | 7 of 53 | ||||||||||
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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 edit
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 with completion by the fourth quarter of 2019.[4][5]
Services edit
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 Hudson's Bay department store, although the only direct transfer point between the Canada Line and the Expo Line is at Waterfront station.
Station information edit
Station layout edit
| S | Street level | Entrance/Exit at West Georgia Street and Granville Street |
| C | Concourse | Connections to Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre Compass vending machines, fare gates |
| T | Platform 1 Inbound |
← ■ Canada Line towards Waterfront (Terminus) |
| Island platform; doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 Outbound |
■ Canada Line towards Richmond–Brighouse and YVR–Airport (Yaletown–Roundhouse) → | |
Entrances edit
- 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 edit
The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Vancouver City Centre station:[7]
| Local | North Shore | NightBus |
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References edit
- ^ "2022 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Summaries". tableau.com. TransLink. April 27, 2023. Archived from the original on May 15, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Canada Line Stations". VIA Architecture. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (July 9, 2018). "More escalators to be installed at every Canada Line station in downtown Vancouver". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on July 10, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ "Canada Line Escalator Enhancement Project". TransLink. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (February 1, 2019). "Construction begins on new escalators for all downtown Canada Line stations". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ Vancouver City Centre Station Entrance Locations (PDF) (Map). TransLink. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
- ^ Granville & Vancouver City Centre Stations (PDF) (Map). TransLink. April 2020. Retrieved June 6, 2022.