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The other branch continues through New Westminster, first through a tunnel and then elevated until it terminates at Production Way–University in Burnaby. From just west of Nanaimo station all the way to New Westminster station, the Expo Line follows BC Electric's former Central Park Line, which carried interurbans between Vancouver and New ...
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]
In 1978, when Via Rail took over the passenger operations of the CPR and the Canadian National Railway, it continued using both railways' stations in Vancouver, but a year later, Via consolidated its Vancouver operations at Pacific Central Station, the CN station near False Creek, and ceased using the CPR station. The last scheduled Via ...
New Westminster: Via 6th Street and Edmonds Street. [87] [88] 109 New Westminster Station Lougheed Station New Westminster Columbia Lougheed Town Centre [COMMUNITY SHUTTLE] [89] [90] 110 Metrotown Station Lougheed Station Metrotown Sperling–Burnaby Lake Production Way–University Lougheed Town Centre [91] [92] 112 Edmonds Station New ...
Passengers waiting to board at Coquitlam Central station. The West Coast Express operates from Monday to Friday (excluding holidays) with five trains per day running from Mission to Vancouver in the morning peak hours (5:25 am – 7:25 am) and returning to Mission in the evening peak (3:50 pm – 6:20 pm). [4]
The station houses the "New Westminster Smoke Shoppe", a small convenience store that opened with the opening of SkyTrain's formal revenue service in 1986. New Westminster Quay and River Market are two blocks south of the station, across railway tracks. Pedestrians can access the Quay via a pedestrian overpass or via a ground-level crossing.
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.
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