Waterfront station
| Waterfront station | |
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 Waterfront train station
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| Data | |
| Operating point type | Terminus |
| Platform tracks | 6th |
| opening | August 1, 1914 |
| Architectural data | |
| Architectural style | Neoclassicism |
| architect | Barott, Blackader and Webster |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Vancouver |
| Place / district | Downtown Vancouver |
| province | British Columbia |
| Country | Canada |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 17 '10 " N , 123 ° 6' 44" W |
| List of train stations in Canada | |
Waterfront (Engl. Waterfront Station ) is a Opened on 1 August 1914 and in neoclassical erbauter style train station in the center of the Canadian city of Vancouver . It's located at 601 West Cordova Street, on the south bank of Burrard Inlet and a few minutes' walk from historic Gastown .
The train station is a major transport hub and terminus for the following TransLink lines:
- Expoline the SkyTrain to Burnaby , New Westminster and Surrey
- SkyTrain's Millennium Line to Burnaby and New Westminster
- SkyTrain Canada Line to Richmond and Vancouver International Airport
- SeaBus ferry to Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver
- West Coast Express to Port Moody , Coquitlam , Pitt Meadows , Maple Ridge and Mission .
- Numerous urban and regional bus routes
On May 23, 1887, the first train of the Canadian Pacific Railway arrived in Vancouver. The first station was replaced from 1912 by a new building in neo-Gothic style. This served as the western terminus of the transcontinental railroad to Montreal and Toronto for six decades . From 1977 the railway systems were removed from the old station and rebuilt a little further east in the building that is used today. In 1979 VIA Rail moved the terminus of the national lines to Pacific Central station on False Creek .
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inside view
inside view
Entrance to the SkyTrain station
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Individual evidence
- ^ By the Numbers: Waterfront Station turns 100. In: The Province. July 14, 2014, accessed September 15, 2019 .