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New Westminster, BC, Canada: Reporting mark: SRY: Locale: Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland, British Columbia: Dates of operation: 1989– Predecessor: British Columbia Electric Railway: Technical; Track gauge: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge: Length: 132 mi (212 km) Other; Website: Southern Railway
The line is owned and operated by BC Rapid Transit Company, a subsidiary of TransLink, and links the cities of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Surrey. The line was originally known only as "the SkyTrain" from its inception in 1985 until 2002, as it was the system's only line during this time.
The Expo Line and Millennium Line link downtown to the suburbs of Burnaby, New Westminster, Surrey, and Coquitlam. A third rapid transit line connecting downtown Vancouver to central Richmond and the Vancouver International Airport, known as the Canada Line, started operation on August 17, 2009.
The station is served by a bus loop and was the western terminus for the defunct 97 B-Line, which connected to Coquitlam Central station.Other bus connections to Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, and Coquitlam areas make Lougheed Town Centre station a major transportation hub for the area and one of the busiest stations on the Millennium Line.
The SkyTrain was conceived as a legacy project of Expo 86; its first line, the Expo Line, was finished in 1985, in time to showcase the fair's theme: Transportation and Communication. The line connected Vancouver with the cities of Burnaby and New Westminster, with the terminus stations at Waterfront and New Westminster station. [1]
Brentwood Town Centre station is a major regional connection point for bus routes serving north Burnaby, Metrotown, North Vancouver and New Westminster. It is also has a connection to the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Bus bay assignments are effective as of April 6, 2020. Bus bay assignments are as follows: [6]
TransLink, formally the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority and previously the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, is the statutory authority [6] responsible for the regional transportation network of Metro Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, including public transport, major roads and bridges.
Waterfront station c. 1923. Waterfront station was built by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and opened on August 1, 1914. [2] It was the Pacific terminus for the CPR's transcontinental passenger trains to Montreal, Quebec, and Toronto, Ontario.