Canada Line Station Names Selected
8 May, 2006
TransLink has released the following information - TransLink has merged input from Vancouver and Richmond with technical conventions for naming rapid transit stations to determine the names for the 16 Canada Line stations scheduled to open in November 2009.
Station names are chosen primarily to provide passengers with wayfinding information they need for connecting transit services, which was the case when SkyTrain stations on the Expo and Millennium Line were named. Over time, however, some communities or key destinations were included in station names to enhance information for transit customers and to establish the stations as focal points in the community. For example, the Expo Line’s Main Street station became “Main Street / Science World,” the Joyce Station was renamed “Joyce / Collingwood” and Stadium was transformed to “Stadium / Chinatown.”
The same approach will be evident in the names chosen for Canada Line stations.
Waterfront Station: maintaining the name of Vancouver’s major transit hub, served by SeaBus, West Coast Express, the Canada Line, Expo and Millennium Lines, and Coast Mountain Bus services.
Vancouver City Centre: the Canada Line station between Robson Street and West Georgia Street.
Yaletown – Roundhouse: adds reference to the Roundhouse Community Centre, an important piece of Vancouver’s transportation history and a neighbourhood focal point, to the original name.
Olympic Village: serving the False Creek South area at 2nd Avenue and Cambie, and near the site of the Athlete’s Village for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Use of ‘Olympic Village’ as a station name is subject to an acceptable license agreement being concluded between the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and Translink and the approval of such license agreement by the International Olympic Committee.
Broadway – City Hall: the intersection with a major east/west corridor and 99B bus route; also reflecting the proximity to Vancouver City Hall.
King Edward: the intersection with King Edward Avenue; again, an important east/west transit route.
Oakridge – 41st Avenue: identifies the neighbourhood, the shopping centre and an important cross street on the transit system.
Langara – 49th Avenue: combines the name of the community and the college with an important transit route.
Marine Drive: notes the significant intersection with Marine Drive and the bus loop proposed for this station.
Bridgeport: the station that will be the key transit connection and park and ride in Richmond for the Canada Line service from Richmond to Vancouver, Canada Line service to Vancouver International Airport, and highway coach services from Ladner, Delta, South Surrey and White Rock.
Aberdeen: reflective of the neighbourhood; the intersection is Cambie, but reference to that street could result in confusion with Cambie Street in Vancouver.”
Lansdowne: references the location of the station at Lansdowne, which will be an important east/west corridor in Richmond.
Richmond – Brighouse: incorporates an important historic name in Richmond to the station at the city’s centre.
On Sea Island, the Vancouver International Airport Authority will name its three Canada Line stations Templeton, Sea Island Centre and YVR – Airport. The naming of future stations at 33rd Avenue and 57th Avenue in Vancouver as well as a fourth station on Sea Island has been deferred until construction on them proceeds.
The Canada Line rapid transit system will run fully separated from traffic between Waterfront Centre in Vancouver to the heart of Richmond and to Vancouver International Airport. The line will provide the equivalent of 10 road lanes of capacity to move people on the region’s busiest north/south corridor and will be an important new link in TransLink’s regional transportation network.
The project is a funding partnership of the Governments of Canada and British Columbia, TransLink, Vancouver International Airport Authority and InTransit BC, the consortium that will design, build, operate, maintain and partially finance the line. Canada Line Rapid Transit Inc., a subsidiary of TransLink, manages the Project. For complete details on the project, visit www.canadaline.ca
