Royal Oak Station is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station itself is in southern Burnaby.
The station is on Royal Oak Avenue at Beresford Street, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue. It was built in 1985 as part of the original Expo Line.
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