22nd Street station (SkyTrain) explained

22nd Street
Symbol Location:vancouver
Symbol:expo
Type:SkyTrain station
Style:TransLink (BC)
Style2:SkyTrain
Address:649 22nd Street, New Westminster
Structure:Elevated
Platform:Side platforms
Tracks:2
Architect:Architektengruppe U-Bahn
Accessible:yes
Code:TS
Owned:TransLink
Zone:2

22nd Street is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located on 7th Avenue and 22nd Street in the Connaught Heights neighbourhood of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Due to its proximity to the Queensborough interchange, where the Queensborough Bridge meets with Stewardson and Marine Ways, the station serves as a hub for regional bus routes.

History

22nd Street station was opened in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line). The Austrian architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn was responsible for designing the station.[1] [2]

In 2002, Millennium Line service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to VCC–Clark station (originally Commercial Drive) via Columbia station in New Westminster. This service was discontinued and replaced with an Expo Line branch to Production Way–University station in 2016.[3]

In February 2019, upgrades began on the station's bus exchange, which included adding enhanced lighting and a larger waiting area to reduce overcrowding.[4] [5] In April 2019, TransLink installed its first-ever charging station for its future fleet of battery electric buses at the station's bus exchange.[6] Construction on the $2.8-million upgrade was completed in July 2019.[7]

Services

Station information

Entrances

22nd Street station is served by a single entrance facing west. The entrance, along with the bus loop that surrounds the stationhouse, is at a level slightly below 7th Avenue and is connected to the street by a ramp and stairs. An up escalator is provided for the westbound (inbound) platform only. Both platforms are wheelchair accessible via elevator.[8]

Transit connections

See also: List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver.

22nd Street station offers an off-street transit exchange with on-street stops for HandyDART and bus drop-offs eastbound on 7th Avenue. Bus bay assignment is as follows:[9]

RouteDestinationBayNotes
100Marpole Loop6
101Lougheed Station5
104Annacis Island3
128Braid Station7Via 8th Avenue
155Braid StationVia Hospital and 6th Avenue
340Scottsdale1
388Carvolth ExchangePeak hours only
410Brighouse Station4
418Kingswood8Peak hours only
2Electric buses only
9Unloading only / HandyDART

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pabillano . Jhenifer . 1982 SkyTrain station concept drawings! . The Buzzer Blog . TransLink . February 21, 2011 . July 15, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190331220050/https://buzzer.translink.ca/2011/02/1982-skytrain-station-concept-drawings/ . March 31, 2019 . live.
  2. Web site: U-Bahn Vancouver . Architektengruppe U-Bahn . July 15, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428221856/http://www.agu.at/vancouver.html . April 28, 2016 . dead .
  3. Web site: SkyTrain network changes start today . CBC News . October 22, 2016 . July 15, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161104125913/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/skytrain-line-changes-1.3817090 . November 4, 2016 . live.
  4. Web site: Pillai . Tanushree . Upgrades coming to 22nd Street bus exchange! . The Buzzer Blog . TransLink . February 5, 2019 . July 15, 2019.
  5. Web site: Kenneth . Chan . Construction begins on new bus exchange for SkyTrain's 22nd Street Station . Daily Hive . February 7, 2019 . July 15, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190208031304/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-22nd-street-station-bus-exchange-february-2019 . February 8, 2019 . live.
  6. Web site: Kenneth . Chan . TransLink installs its first electric-battery bus charger outside SkyTrain station . Daily Hive . April 26, 2019 . July 15, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190428083637/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-battery-electric-bus-charger-22nd-street-station-april-2019 . April 28, 2019 . live.
  7. Web site: Kenneth . Chan . TransLink completes renovation of SkyTrain's 22nd Street Station bus loop . Daily Hive . July 9, 2019 . July 15, 2019.
  8. 22nd Street Station Entrance Location . PDF . June 5, 2022 . TransLink.
  9. 22nd Street Station Map . TransLink . September 2021 . June 5, 2022 . June 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220605131916/https://infomaps.translink.ca/system_maps/skytrain_station_maps/22nd_street_station.pdf . live.