Connections 99 B-Line Province British Columbia Tracks 4 | Disabled access Yes Connection 99 B-Line | |
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Location 1725 East Broadway, Vancouver (Platforms 1 and 2)
2550 Commercial Drive, Vancouver (Platforms 3 and 4) Owned by BC Transit, BC Ministry of Transportation, TransLink Platforms 2 separate sets of centre platforms Structure type Elevated. Trenched track in photo is Grandview railroad cut, Expo line guideway at top. Address Vancouver, BC V5N 4B9, Canada Owners BC Transit, British Columbia Ministry of Transportation, TransLink | ||
Commercial–Broadway station (formerly Broadway station and Commercial Drive station, separately) is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line and an at-grade portion of the Millennium Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is a major transit hub, with the most boardings of any SkyTrain station, and a terminus of Metro Vancouver's busiest bus route, the 99 B-Line. Prior to October 22, 2016, the station was one of only three in the world where the same metro line (Millennium Line) runs through it twice in a pretzel configuration, the others being Monument Metro station on the Tyne and Wear Metro in Newcastle upon Tyne, England and Voorweg RandstadRail station on the Randstadrail in The Hague, Netherlands.
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Location
Commercial–Broadway station is located just east of the intersection of E.Broadway and Commercial Drive in East Vancouver. Part of the station is elevated over East Broadway, while another part is located deep within the Grandview Cut south of Grandview Highway North. The two parts are connected via an elevator and skyway. It is on the outskirts of Vancouver's Little Italy district.
History
Commercial–Broadway station is a merger of two existing stations: Broadway station on the Expo Line and Commercial Drive station on the Millennium Line.
Broadway station was built in 1985 on the original Expo Line. It has been one of the system's busiest stations and in 2002 became a transfer point to the Millennium Line via the connected Commercial Drive Station. In 2008, renovations began on the station, in which a new entrance was added on the south side of the station, the old elevator was replaced and relocated, and the traditional mesh paneling on the ground level was refitted with glass. These upgrades were completed in 2009.
Commercial Drive station was built in 2002 as the temporary terminus of the first segment of the Millennium Line, with connections to Broadway station of the Expo Line. The Millennium Line has since been extended westward by 3/4 kilometre, and out of the Grandview Cut to terminate at the elevated VCC–Clark station.
The two stations were formally renamed on September 7, 2009, due to concern over potential confusion with the Broadway–City Hall station of the newly opened Canada Line. Commercial Drive station became platforms 1 and 2 of the new station, while Broadway station became platforms 3 and 4.
Upgrades
As part of the Evergreen Extension project, Commercial–Broadway station will receive major upgrades to accommodate increased passenger volumes and enhance the passenger environment. These upgrades are scheduled to be completed in summer 2017. Among the upgrades included: