Nanaimo station

Nanaimo
SkyTrain station
Location	2450 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver
Coordinates	49°14′53″N 123°03′20″W / 49.248184°N 123.05564°W / 49.248184; -123.05564Coordinates: 49°14′53″N 123°03′20″W / 49.248184°N 123.05564°W / 49.248184; -123.05564
Owned by	BC Transit, TransLink
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Partially elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NA
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	December 11, 1985
Traffic
Passengers (2017[1])	6,700
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Commercial–Broadway toward Waterfront Expo Line 29th Avenue toward King George or Production Way–University

Nanaimo is a partially elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Nanaimo Street between Vanness Avenue and East 24th Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia. The station takes its name from Nanaimo Street, which is named after the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Situated on a hillcrest, the station provides riders with a view of the west side and Downtown Vancouver.

History

Nanaimo station was built in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line).

The station is the westernmost station on the Expo Line that sits atop of the former Central Park Line of the British Columbia Electric Railway. This line formerly ran just west of Nanaimo station to where New Westminster station is located today.

In 2002, Millennium Line service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to VCC–Clark (originally Commercial–Broadway) via Columbia station in New Westminster. This service was discontinued and replaced with the Expo Line branch to Production Way–University in 2016.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, TransLink is scheduled to begin a major upgrade of the station's bus exchange and entrance plaza to "improve safety and comfort for [the station's] passengers and to prepare for future service expansions."^[2]

Station information

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