Stations
Station construction was designed as a two-stage process. Sixteen original stations opened at the same time as the line itself. Three additional stations are planned for, and may be built in the future. The stations are listed below.
Each station along the Canada Line is slightly different in appearance, and designed to blend in with the surrounding neighbourhood. For example, Langara – 49th Avenue Station is designed to fit into the area's low density residential neighbourhood.
The five busiest stations have platforms 50 metres long, while the rest of the stations have 40 metre platforms that can be easily extended to 50 metres. The YVR terminus and the Richmond-Brighouse terminus are single-tracked, whereas Waterfront Station terminus is double-tracked. The double tracking is necessary to accommodate the 3 minute headways between trains on the Waterfront-Bridgeport portion of the line. King Edward Station is the only station with a stacked configuration and Broadway – City Hall Station is the only station with a double height ceiling over the platforms. Vancouver City Centre Station is linked to Pacific Centre Mall and Vancouver Centre Mall in addition to having street level access. All direct transfers to the Expo and Millennium Lines must be made at Waterfront Station; there is no direct connection from Vancouver City Centre Station to Granville Station. However, it is possible to transfer between those two stations via a short walk through Pacific Centre or Vancouver Centre Mall.
Stations were configured to allow for the future installation of fare gates, and will be receiving fare gates for 2013 as part of full implementation throughout all SkyTrain stations. Every station has an up-escalator and elevator, but only the three terminal stations have down-escalators.
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