Owned by TransLink Structure type Subway Station code OV Opened 17 August 2009 Platform Island platform Tracks 2 | Platforms Island platform Disabled access Yes Address Vancouver, BC, Canada Province British Columbia Owner TransLink | |
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Location 525 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver Similar Main Street–Science World stat, Broadway–City Hall station, False Creek, Renfrew station, Hotel Vancouver | ||
Canada line skytrain departs from olympic village station
Olympic Village is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The use of the term "Olympic" has been licensed for use by the International Olympic Committee.
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Vancouver skytrain arriving olympic village station
Location
The station is located underground at the intersection of Cambie Street and West 2nd Avenue, adjacent to the Cambie Street Bridge. It serves the existing South False Creek residential and commercial area, as well as the Olympic Athletes' Village for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Services
The station is within a short walk of the False Creek Ferries and Aquabus Ferry stop at Spy Glass. Both companies provide service to Granville Island, David Lam Park, Yaletown, Plaza of Nations and Science World, while False Creek Ferries provides service to Kitsilano and the West End.
The station is within walking distance of Leg-In-Boot station on the Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway, a tram service that operated on weekends from 1998 to 2011, connecting Science World and the Main Street–Science World SkyTrain station to Granville Island). During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Olympic Line, a temporary streetcar demonstration service, operated on the Downtown Historic Railway between Olympic Village station and Granville Island. The Downtown Historic Railway is currently not operating due to financial constraints.
Bus routes
The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Olympic Village station:
History
During the planning and approval process for the Canada Line, this station was originally intended for completion for 2009. When the cost of the project had to be scaled back by TransLink (circa 2005), the station was deferred until after the opening of the line in 2009. However, the City of Vancouver owns the station site and decided to fund the station's construction to spur redevelopment of its lands and the neighbouring Southeast False Creek neighbourhood, and it was restored to the initial phase. Olympic Village is the third name for this station; it was initially proposed as 2nd Avenue, and more recently as False Creek South.
Public art
Outside the station is a sculpture by Marie Khouri, "Le Banc" or "The Bench", intended to double as a bench for people to sit in. Soon after the Canada Line opened, the sculpture was disfigured by skateboarders who used it as a ramp. The work was repaired by Khouri at her own expense.
Incidents
On August 13, 2015, service was disrupted due to a medical emergency involving a woman falling onto the tracks and getting ran over by the train. The woman allegedly survived and TransLink reported that she was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.