Commercial–Broadway station

Commercial–Broadway
SkyTrain station

Platforms 1 and 2
Location 1725 East Broadway, Vancouver (Platforms 1 and 2)
2550 Commercial Drive, Vancouver (Platforms 3 and 4)
Coordinates 49°15′45″N 123°04′08″W / 49.26250°N 123.06889°W / 49.26250; -123.06889Coordinates: 49°15′45″N 123°04′08″W / 49.26250°N 123.06889°W / 49.26250; -123.06889
Owned by BC Transit, BC Ministry of Transportation, TransLink
Platforms 2 separate sets of centre platforms
Tracks 4 (2x2)
Construction
Structure type Elevated. Trenched track in photo is Grandview railroad cut, Expo line guideway at top.
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code BW, CM
Fare zone (1) City of Vancouver + University Endowment Lands (UBC)
History
Opened December 11, 1985 (Platforms 3 and 4) Expo Line
August 31, 2002 (Platforms 1 and 2) Millennium Line
Previous names Broadway station (1985–2009)
Commercial Drive station (2002–2009)
Traffic
Passengers (2011[1]) 92,275
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station
toward Waterfront
Expo Line
toward King George
Millennium Line
counterclockwise
toward VCC–Clark
Terminus
Millennium Line
clockwise
toward Waterfront
Terminus
Millennium Line
(Evergreen Extension, 2017)
SkyTrain tracks near the station from Broadway @ 8th in Winter.
Platforms 1 and 2 of Commercial–Broadway station, with a Mk I train stopped at platform 2
A Mk I train approaching platform 4 of Commercial–Broadway station

Commercial–Broadway station (formerly Broadway station and Commercial Drive station, separately) is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line and an at-grade portion of the Millennium Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is a major transit hub, with the most boardings of any SkyTrain station, and a terminus of Metro Vancouver's busiest bus route, the 99 B-Line. The station is one of only three in the world where the same metro line runs through it twice in a pretzel configuration, the others being Monument Metro station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and Voorweg RandstadRail station on the Randstadrail in The Hague, Netherlands.

Location

Commercial–Broadway station is located just east of the intersection of E.Broadway and Commercial Drive in East Vancouver. Part of the station is elevated over East Broadway, while another part is located deep within the Grandview Cut south of Grandview Highway North. The two parts are connected via an elevator and skyway. It is on the outskirts of Vancouver's Little Italy district.

History

Commercial–Broadway station is a merger of two existing stations: Broadway station on the Expo Line and Commercial Drive station on the Millennium Line.

Broadway station was built in 1985 on the original Expo Line. It has been one of the system's busiest stations and in 2002 became a transfer point to the Millennium Line via the connected Commercial Drive Station. In 2008, renovations began on the station, in which a new entrance was added on the south side of the station, the old elevator was replaced and relocated, and the traditional mesh paneling on the ground level was refitted with glass. These upgrades were completed in 2009.

Commercial Drive station was built in 2002 as the temporary terminus of the first segment of the Millennium Line, with connections to Broadway station of the Expo Line. The Millennium Line has since been extended westward by 3/4 kilometre, and out of the Grandview Cut to terminate at the elevated VCC–Clark station.

The two stations were formally renamed on September 7, 2009, due to concern over potential confusion with the Broadway–City Hall station of the newly opened Canada Line.[2] Commercial Drive station became platforms 1 and 2 of the new station, while Broadway station became platforms 3 and 4.

Upgrades

As part of the Evergreen Extension project, which is under construction and scheduled to be finished in early 2017,[3] Commercial–Broadway station will receive major upgrades to accommodate increased passenger volumes and enhance the passenger environment. Among the upgrades included:[4]

Services

Station information

Station layout

T Platform 3  Expo Line towards Waterfront,  Millennium Line towards Waterfront (Main Street–Science World)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 4      Expo Line towards King George,  Millennium Line towards VCC–Clark via Columbia (Nanaimo)
S Street
(North)
Commercial Drive, Broadway (north) entrances
Ticket vending machines, ATM, shops, fare gates
Street
(South)
Broadway (south), 10th Avenue entrances
Ticket vending machines, fare gates
T Platform 1  Millennium Line towards VCC–Clark (Terminus)
Island platform, Doors will open on the left
Platform 2      Millennium Line towards Waterfront via Columbia (Renfrew)
X   Restricted area
Platform Direction Line Destination
1 Westbound  Millennium Line VCC–Clark
2 Eastbound  Millennium Line Lafarge Lake–Douglas
3 Northbound  Expo Line Waterfront
4 Southbound  Expo Line King George
 Expo Line Production Way–University Station

Entrances

Transit connections

9 UBC / Alma / To Granville
99 B-Line UBC B-Line
N9 Downtown Night Bus
9 Boundary
99 B-Line To Boundary B-Line
N9 Coquitlam Station Night Bus
20 Victoria / Victoria to 54th
N20 Victoria Night Bus
20 Downtown
N20 Downtown Night Bus
Drop off for 9 and 99 Commercial Broadway Station

References

  1. "2011 SkyTrain Station Counts". TransLink. Retrieved January 2013.
  2. "Two SkyTrain stations get one new name". Buzzer Blog. August 27, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
  3. "Evergreen Line won't take passengers until 2017". CBC. November 27, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  4. "Moving Forward: Improving Metro Vancouver's Transportation Network". TransLink. October 2011.
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