Vancouver City Centre station

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
SkyTrain station
Street level entrance outside of Pacific Centre
Location	702 West Georgia Street, Vancouver
Coordinates	49.28202°N 123.11875°W
Owned by	TransLink
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Granville
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	VIA Architecture
Other information
Station code	VS
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	August 17, 2009
Passengers
2019[1]	6,258,000  0.1%
Rank	6 of 53
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Waterfront Terminus Canada Line Yaletown–Roundhouse toward Richmond–Brighouse or YVR–Airport

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

Construction outside of Pacific Centre (right) on Granville Street in April 2008

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

Platform level; inbound on the left, outbound on the right

Station entry with fare gates and Compass vending machines

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 The Bay department store, although the only direct transfer point between the Canada Line and the Expo Line is at Waterfront station.

Station information

Station layout

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

• 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

The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Vancouver City Centre station:[7]

Local	North Shore	NightBus
4 UBC/Powell 7 Dunbar / Nanaimo Station 10 Granville 14 UBC 16 Arbutus / 29th Avenue Station 17 Oak 20 Victoria 50 False Creek South	240 Lynn Valley 241 Upper Lonsdale (peak only) 246 Highland 247 Upper Capilano (peak only) 250 Horseshoe Bay 250A Dundarave 253 Caulfield (peak only) 254 British Properties (peak only) 257 Horseshoe Bay Express	N8 Fraser N9 Coquitlam Central Station N10 Brighouse Station N15 Cambie N17 UBC N19 Surrey Central Station N20 Victoria N22 Macdonald N24 Lynn Valley N35 SFU

References

1. "2019 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Ranked by Annual Boardings" (PDF). translink.ca. TransLink. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
2. "Canada Line Stations". VIA Architecture. Archived from the original on December 26, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
3. 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.
4. "Canada Line Escalator Enhancement Project". TransLink. Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
5. 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.
6. Vancouver City Centre Station Entrance Locations (PDF) (Map). TransLink. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
7. Granville & Vancouver City Centre Stations (PDF) (Map). TransLink. October 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2019.