Structure type Elevated Disabled access Yes Province British Columbia Tracks 1 | Parking No Opened 17 August 2009 | |
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Address No 3 Rd, Richmond, BC V6Y 2B3, Canada Similar | ||
Richmond–Brighouse station is the outbound terminus metro station of the Richmond branch of the Canada Line, part of the SkyTrain system in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, in the Metro Vancouver region. The Canada Line's other outbound terminus station is YVR–Airport.
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Location
The station is located within Richmond's commercial heart, close to the Richmond Centre shopping mall and Richmond City Hall. The station is within a short walking distance of such amenities as Richmond Public Market, Richmond Hospital, and the Minoru civic complex, as well as other nearby office, commercial, and residential buildings.
Services
A bus loop serves as a terminus for the many bus routes that already served the area, and enables a convenient transfer to the Canada Line. This loop replaced the one previously at Richmond Centre.
Station name
Richmond City Council proposed that the name Brighouse be used as the name of the station, since Brighouse is a historic name for the surrounding neighbourhood, thus reflecting the area's heritage. The area was named Brighouse after an early settler, Samuel Brighouse, who was one of "The Three Greenhorns" of Vancouver. From 1920 until 1941, the area was the location of a horse-racing track known as Brighouse Racetrack.