Granville station (TransLink)
SkyTrain station | |||||||||||||||
Westbound platform in Granville Station | |||||||||||||||
Location |
655 Seymour Street, Vancouver. On Granville Mall, Vancouver | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°16′58″N 123°07′00″W / 49.282750°N 123.116639°WCoordinates: 49°16′58″N 123°07′00″W / 49.282750°N 123.116639°W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | BC Transit, TransLink | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | Split platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Vancouver City Centre | ||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||
Structure type | Subway | ||||||||||||||
Depth | 25 metres | ||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||||||
Station code | GV | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | December 11, 1985 | ||||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||||
Passengers (2011[1]) | 45,974 | ||||||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||||||
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Granville is an underground SkyTrain station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, served by the Expo and Millennium Lines. The station is located in the Dunsmuir Tunnel located beneath Downtown Vancouver and opened in 1985.
The station is named for nearby Granville Street, whose name in turn derives from "Granville", the name of the original settlement that preceded Vancouver prior to its incorporation in 1886. The portion of Granville Street on which this station is located is known as the Granville Mall.
At approximately 25 metres underground, Granville station is the deepest subway station on the Expo Line.
Location
Granville station is located in the heart of the Granville Entertainment District which is known for urban shopping, trendy culture, and nightlife. The station is accessible from the surface via entrances on Granville Street and Seymour Street (both between Georgia and Dunsmuir Streets), and the Dunsmuir entrance between Granville and Seymour. The station can be accessed underground via Pacific Centre mall, through the Downtown Vancouver premises of the Hudson's Bay Company.
The station 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 also within walking distance of such amenities as Robson Square (home of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, and a satellite campus of the University of British Columbia), the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver Library Square, TD Tower, Scotia Tower and the HSBC Canada Building.
On September 22, 2006, elevator access was introduced from Dunsmuir Street with the completion of the neighbouring Hudson on Granville development, and large signs have been added on the platforms to guide handicapped passengers to the newly available elevators. The entrance has separate escalator access to the platform levels independent of the existing station in a similar two up/one down configuration for the longest bank, and a ticket-vending level with a connection to the existing Granville Mall entrance and The Bay/Pacific Centre. There are unoccupied retail spaces within the new station area’s ticket vending lobby and in the passageway to The Bay. The design of the station, its capacity, and connection to Granville Mall make it possible for the original facility to be closed entirely; however, it will remain in full service. The original station area closed only temporarily for lighting upgrades from 23 October 2006 to mid-November.[2]
There is a small retail space standing at the bottom of the long escalator bank in the original station area, where the corridor splits into the westbound and eastbound routes. It is one of the few stores located entirely within a fare paid zone of any SkyTrain station. It held a Shefield & Sons location prior to the summer of 2005; as of 2008, it holds an International News newsstand.
Services
Granville station is one of six SkyTrain subway stations on the Expo Line serving Downtown Vancouver. It connects with many TransLink bus routes, including trolleybus routes on the Granville Mall and suburban bus routes (running on nearby Georgia Street) heading to and from North and West Vancouver. Passengers are able to transfer to the Canada Line (served by Vancouver City Centre station) by walking through Pacific Centre or Vancouver Centre and The Bay department store, although the only direct transfer point is at Waterfront Station.
Design
Like Burrard and King Edward stations, Granville station has a distinctive platform design. The westbound track (to Waterfront station) is stacked above the eastbound track (to King George and VCC–Clark stations), with the westbound platform being one level above the eastbound platform.
Granville station is unique in being one of only a few stations having no surface entrance building of its own, independent of any adjacent buildings (Main Street–Science World station is another for example). The station has three entrances: Granville Mall through the Hudson’s Bay Company department store, Seymour Street with direct access to the ticketing platform, and Dunsmuir Street through The Hudson condominium development.
Station information
Station layout
Overlying commercial and residential towers | ||
S | Street | Granville, Seymour, and Dunsmuir entrances Ticket vending machines (Dunsmuir) |
C | Concourse (Granville, Seymour) |
Connection to HBC department store and Pacific Centre Ticket vending machines, fare gates, shops |
Concourse (Dunsmuir) |
Ticket vending machines, shops | |
Gap between levels | ||
T1 | Lower Concourse | Ticket vending machines (Dunsmuir), fare gates (Dunsmuir), shops |
Platform 1 | ← ■ Expo Line towards Waterfront, ■ Millennium Line towards Waterfront (Burrard) | |
Side platform, Doors will open on the left | ||
T2 | Platform 2 | ■ Expo Line towards King George, ■ Millennium Line towards VCC–Clark (Stadium–Chinatown) → |
Side platform, Doors will open on the right |
Entrances
- Granville Street Entrance is one of the original entrance for the station. Underground connection to the second basement level of HBC department store and Pacific Centre is available at concourse level. Three escalators are available between platform and concourse level; however, none is available between concourse and street. Escalator to this entrance is later made available through an underground connection from the new Dunsmuir entrance. No elevator available for this entrance, and there is no stairway available between concourse and platform.
- Seymour Street Entrance connects to the concourse of Granville entrance via a short stairwell. No escalator and elevator access is available from this entrance.
- Dunsmuir Street Entrance , built in 2006, provides elevator and escalator access between street and platform. It also include an underground connection to Granville entrance at concourse/street level. Similar to the Granville entrance, there are three escalators but no stairway is available between concourse and platform. Fare gates are located at the inbound platform level for this entrance.
Transit connections
- Local and night buses operate on Granville Street, in front of the entrance all days Monday to Thursday and during daytime on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays:
- 4 Powell
- 4 Downtown
- 5 Downtown
- 6 Davie
- 6 Downtown
- 7 Dunbar
- 7 Nanaimo Station
- 10 Granville
- 10 Downtown
- 14 UBC
- 14 Hastings
- 16 Arbutus
- 16 29th Avenue Station
- 17 Oak
- 20 Victoria
- 50 False Creek South
- 50 Waterfront Station
- N6 West End
- N8 Fraser
- N9 Coquitlam Station
- N10 Brighouse Station
- N15 Cambie
- N17 UBC
- N19 Surrey Central Station
- N20 Victoria
- N24 Upper Lonsdale
- N35 SFU
- During Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays evening, buses are rerouted to Seymour Street, near the Seymour entrance:
- 4 Powell
- 5 Downtown
- 6 Downtown
- 7 Nanaimo Station
- 10 Downtown
- 14 Hastings
- 16 29th Avenue Station
- 17 Oak
- 20 Victoria
- 50 Waterfront Station
- N6 West End
- N8 Fraser
- N9 Coquitlam Station
- N10 Brighouse Station
- N15 Cambie
- N17 UBC
- N19 Surrey Central Station
- N20 Victoria
- N24 Upper Lonsdale
- N35 SFU
- The following suburban routes serves Georgia Street, with close proximity of the Granville entrance:
- 240 15th Street
- 241 Upper Lonsdale (peak only)
- 242 Upper Lonsdale (early morning only)
- 246 Lonsdale Quay (peak only)
- 247 Upper Capilano (peak only)
- 250 Horseshoe Bay
- 250A Dundarave
- 251 Queens
- 252 Inglewood
- 253 Caulfield
- 254 British Properties
- 257 Horseshoe Bay Express
References
- ↑ "2011 SkyTrain Station Counts". TransLink. Retrieved January 2013.
- ↑ "The Buzzer: Access to Granville Station temporarily restricted effective Oct. 23" (PDF). TransLink. Retrieved 2006-05-26.
External links
Media related to Granville Station at Wikimedia Commons