Burrard station

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Burrard
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SkyTrain station
Vancouver - Burrard Station entrance 01.jpg
Street level entrance on Burrard Street
General information
Location635 Burrard Street, Vancouver
Coordinates 49°17′08″N123°07′13″W / 49.285616°N 123.120157°W / 49.285616; -123.120157
Owned by TransLink
Platforms Split platforms
Tracks2
Connections Translinkbusrapid.svg R5 Hastings St
Construction
Structure typeSubway
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
ArchitectArchitektengruppe U-Bahn
Other information
Station codeBU
Fare zone1
History
OpenedDecember 11, 1985;38 years ago (1985-12-11)
Passengers
2022 [1] 4,861,000
Rank4 of 53
Services
Preceding station TransLink Following station
Waterfront
Terminus
 Expo Line Granville
towards King George or Production Way–University
Ground floor concourse Burrard Station Concourse 2018.jpg
Ground floor concourse
A train arriving at Burrard's outbound platform Image Burrardplatform.jpg
A train arriving at Burrard's outbound platform
Platform 1, inbound to Waterfront station Burrard Station platforms.jpg
Platform 1, inbound to Waterfront station

Burrard is an underground station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located in Downtown Vancouver on Burrard Street, where Melville and Dunsmuir Streets meet, and is the western terminus of the R5 Hastings St that provides service to Simon Fraser University.

Contents

The station serves Vancouver's financial district and is within walking distance of the Coal Harbour and West End neighbourhoods. The station is accessible via the surface from Art Phillips Park or via the underground shopping centres of the Royal Centre and Bentall Centre skyscraper complexes.

History

Burrard station opened in 1985 and is named for nearby Burrard Street, which in turn is named for Sir Harry Burrard-Neale. [2] Prior to the opening of the Canada Line in 2009, Burrard station was the northern terminus of the 98 B-Line and was served by a number of bus routes that provided service to Vancouver's southern suburbs of Delta, Richmond, Surrey, and White Rock. In 2016, bus service to the eastern suburbs of the Tri-Cities was discontinued when the Millennium Line's Evergreen Extension opened.

In May 2018, preliminary plans were revealed to renovate and expand Burrard station. [3] [4] On July 13, 2021, TransLink announced that it would close the station for two years beginning in early 2022 to allow construction for the rebuild. [5] On March 25, 2022, these plans were abandoned due to rising construction costs. [6]

Structure and design

The structure housing the surface station entrance was designed to resemble Victorian-era British railway stations, with a peaked glass roof. The station was designed by the Austrian architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn. [7] [8]

When originally opened, the station's only underground passage was to the Bentall Centre skyscraper complex. A connection to the Royal Centre complex was constructed some years later, while an anticipated underground passage to the Park Place skyscraper across the street was never built. The construction of a new east entrance to the station, at the southeast corner of the intersection of Burrard and Dunsmuir, was considered as part of upgrades to the station included in TransLink's 10-Year Vision, but the cost of such an addition was higher than expected and TransLink turned to reviewing options to improve the existing entrance. [9] [ unreliable source? ]

Like Granville, the station was built inside the Dunsmuir Tunnel and has a distinctive platform design. The inbound track (to Waterfront) is stacked on top of the outbound track (to King George and Production Way–University), with the inbound platform being one level above the outbound platform.

Services

Burrard station is one of four SkyTrain stations on the Expo Line that serve Downtown Vancouver. It has connections with many TransLink bus routes in Metro Vancouver; these buses serve the city of Vancouver, Burnaby, the city and district of North Vancouver, and West Vancouver.

Station information

Station layout

SStreet levelBurrard entrances and elevator access
Compass vending machines, fare gates (elevator access)
CConcourseConnection to Royal Centre and Bentall Centre
Compass vending machines
  Gap between levels
T1Lower ConcourseCompass vending machines, fare gates (Burrard)
Platform 1
Inbound		← ■  Expo Line towards Waterfront (Terminus)
Side platform ; doors will open on the left
T2Platform 2
Outbound		■  Expo Line towards King George and Production Way–University (Granville) →
Side platform ; doors will open on the right

Entrances

Transit connections

Burrard station provides an on-street transit exchange on Burrard, Dunsmuir, and Thurlow Streets. Bus bay assignments are as follows: [11]

BayLocationRoutes
1
  • Burrard Street
  • Southbound
  • 2 Macdonald
  • 5 Robson
  • 32 Dunbar (PM peak hours only)
  • N22 Macdonald
2
  • Dunsmuir Street
  • Westbound
  • 209 Upper Lynn Valley
  • 210 Upper Lynn Valley
  • 211 Seymour
  • 214 Blueridge (PM peak hours only)
3
  • Dunsmuir Street
  • Westbound
  • 22 Knight
4
  • Thurlow Street
  • Northbound
  • Spare
5
  • Burrard Street
  • Southbound
  • 22 Downtown (unloading only)
  • 44 UBC
6
  • Burrard Street
  • Northbound
7
  • Burrard Street
  • Northbound
  • To Downtown: 2, 5, 32, 44

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References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ Snyders, Tom; Jennifer O'Rourke (2002). Namely Vancouver: A Hidden History of Vancouver Place Names. Arsenal Pulp Press. p. 51. ISBN   978-1-55152-077-3.
  3. ↑ Chan, Kenneth (May 1, 2018). "Burrard Station could get new elevator-only secondary entrance with 6 lifts". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  4. ↑ Chan, Kenneth (March 31, 2021). "TransLink planning major redesign and expansion of Burrard Station (RENDERINGS)". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on April 1, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  5. ↑ Chan, Kenneth (July 13, 2021). "SkyTrain Burrard Station to close for two years starting in 2022 for expansion". Daily Hive. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Plans to upgrade Burrard SkyTrain station shelved due to rising construction costs". March 25, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
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  9. ↑ Chan, Kenneth (March 19, 2019). "Relief is coming: First new Canada Line trains to arrive this summer". Daily Hive. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
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