Langara–49th Avenue | |
Symbol Location: | vancouver |
Symbol: | canada |
Type: | SkyTrain station |
Style: | TransLink (BC) |
Style2: | SkyTrain |
Address: | 6488 Cambie Street, Vancouver |
Structure: | Subway |
Platform: | Side platforms |
Tracks: | 2 |
Architect: | VIA Architecture |
Opened: | August 17, 2009 |
Accessible: | yes |
Code: | LG |
Owned: | TransLink |
Zone: | 1 |
Langara–49th Avenue is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located at the intersection of West 49th Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The station serves the southern portion of the Oakridge neighbourhood, primarily the Langara community that surrounds the station, and is within walking distance of Langara College and the Langara Golf Course.
Langara–49th Avenue station was opened in 2009 along with the rest of the Canada Line and was designed by the architecture firm VIA Architecture.[1] The station is named for nearby 49th Avenue and the Langara community, which in turn is named after the Spanish admiral Juan de Lángara.[2] [3]
Passengers exiting from this station are able to transfer to the #15 bus, which provides local surface service on Cambie Street, and the #49 bus, which travels east to Metrotown station and west to the University of British Columbia.
Langara–49th Avenue station is served by a single entrance located at the northeast corner of Cambie Street and 49th Avenue.[4]
See also: List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver. The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Langara–49th Avenue:[4]
Bay | Location | Routes | |
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1 | Cambie Street |
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2 | 49th Avenue | 49 UBC | |
3 | 49th Avenue | 49 Metrotown Station | |
4 | Cambie Street |
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