Metrotown station
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Metrotown
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| SkyTrain station | |||||||||||||||
| Location | 4401 Beresford Street, Burnaby | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°13′32″N 123°00′11″W / 49.225463°N 123.003182°WCoordinates: 49°13′32″N 123°00′11″W / 49.225463°N 123.003182°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | BC Transit, TransLink | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | MT | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | December 11, 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 51,281 | ||||||||||||||
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Metrotown is an elevated SkyTrain station on the Expo Line in the Metrotown area of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is the second-busiest station in the SkyTrain system. The station is located between Central Boulevard and Beresford Street, east of Willingdon Avenue.
Metrotown station was built and opened in December 1985 as part of the original Expo Line of SkyTrain. The overhead walkway leading to Metropolis at Metrotown was added to the station in 1989 with the opening of the shopping centres. Originally, the bus loop was open-air and connected to the station via an at-grade street crossing.
The station was originally designed as a suburban station serving residential neighbourhoods and local transit connections. It experienced a major traffic increase since the opening of nearby shopping centres, and the current passenger load and circulation already surpassed the design capacity of the station. TransLink has established formal plans to retrofit and redesign the station to improve passenger flow and increase station capacity. Construction started in May 2015. On November 15, 2016, TransLink closed the pedestrian overpass that connected the station with the Metropolis shopping mall as renovations to the station progressed, with no timeline provided for the opening of a replacement overpass. The closure has led to criticism and extra travel time for many passengers. The new central stationhouse was opened to the public on March 24, 2017, and features new stairs and elevators.
Pedestrian overpass and bus station
A Metropolis at Metrotown entrance
Metrotown provides a partial off-street transit exchange on Beresford Street, and in front of the ground-level entrance to Metropolis shopping centre. Bus bay assignments are as follows:
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