Royal Oak station (SkyTrain)
Royal Oak  | |||||||||||
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| SkyTrain station | |||||||||||
 Station entrance viewed from Beresford Street | |||||||||||
| Location | 5199 Beresford Street, Burnaby | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°13′12″N 122°59′18″W / 49.220004°N 122.988381°WCoordinates: 49°13′12″N 122°59′18″W / 49.220004°N 122.988381°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | BC Transit, TransLink | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | RO | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 11, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Traffic | |||||||||||
| Passengers (2017[1]) | 5,500 | ||||||||||
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Royal Oak is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue.
History
Royal Oak station was built in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line).
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.
Station information
Station layout
| T | Platform 1 Inbound |
← ■ Expo Line towards Waterfront (Metrotown) |
| Island platform; Doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 Outbound |
■ Expo Line towards King George and Production Way–University (Edmonds) → | |
| C | Concourse | Fare gates, Compass Ticket vending machines |
| S | Street Level | Entrance/Exit |
Entrances
Royal Oak is served by a single entrance located on the south side of the station at the corner of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue.
Transit connections
Royal Oak is served by one bus connection: a community shuttle route to Edmonds station.[2]
| Stop Number | Routes |
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| 59781 |
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References
- ↑ "2017 Transit Service Performance Review" (PDF). translink.ca. TransLink. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ↑ TransLink (December 2016). Royal Oak Station (PDF) (Map). Retrieved 19 November 2016.
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