Production Way–University station

Production Way–University
SkyTrain station
Location	3298 Production Way, Burnaby
Coordinates	49°15′12″N 122°55′05″W / 49.25337°N 122.91815°WCoordinates: 49°15′12″N 122°55′05″W / 49.25337°N 122.91815°W
Owned by	BC Ministry of Transportation, TransLink
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	220 space park and ride
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	PW
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	August 31, 2002
Traffic
Passengers (2011[1])	11,522
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Lake City Way toward VCC–Clark Millennium Line Lougheed Town Centre toward Waterfront Lake City Way toward VCC–Clark Millennium Line (Evergreen Extension, 2017) Lougheed Town Centre toward Lafarge Lake–Douglas

Production Way–University is a rapid transit station on the Millennium Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Production Way in Burnaby, British Columbia.

The station was intended to be a major transfer point to Simon Fraser University, so as well as having local suburban bus connections, it is the terminus to the #145 bus running to SFU, which carries just over half of all bus traffic to the university. The station's commercial space has a Mac's Convenience Store, a Subway restaurant, a pizza place, and a coffee shop. This station has a 220 space park and ride.

The SFU Community Trust has proposed extending the TransLink system from this station through the installation of a tri-cable gondola lift to travel up Burnaby Mountain to the SFU Transit Exchange. The proposed lift would use a 30 passenger Doppelmayr Garaventa 3S Gondola, the same model as the Whistler Blackcomb Peak 2 Peak Gondola. The Trust has proposed the gondola because it felt the system is not weather-dependent like the current buses. It is also cheaper to maintain, and also more environmentally friendly. The provincial government has commissioned a feasibility study for the proposal; if approved by the province and TransLink, the lift could have been operational by 2014.^[2] In 2012, a business case concluded that the cost of building and operating a gondola would cost $12 million more compared to continuing to serve the SFU campus by bus. Therefore, the construction of a gondola is unlikely to proceed in the short term.^[3]

Bus service

Bus bay assignments;^[4]

1 - 145 SFU (Loading)

2 - 110 Metrotown Station, 136 Lougheed Station, N9 Coquitlam Station

3 - 110 Lougheed Station, 136 Brentwood Station

4 - 145 Production Station (Unloading), N9 Downtown NightBus

References

1. "2011 SkyTrain Station Counts". TransLink. Retrieved January 2013.
2. "Gondola aired". Simon Fraser University. 2009-02-19. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
3. Burnaby Mtn. gondola shelved by TransLink - CBC News
4. Map of Production Way – University Station

External links

Media related to Production Way-University Station at Wikimedia Commons