METROTOWN STATION

The 'Metrotown Station' of the SkyTrain system is an elevated station located on the Expo Line in Burnaby, Canada.

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Location

History

Services

Trivia

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Location

The station is located on Central Boulevard, east of Willingdon Avenue, on the south side of Burnaby's Metrotown Shopping Centre.

History

The Metrotown Station was built in 1985 on part of the original Expo Line. One of the system's busiest stations, it is connected by a skyway to Metrotown Centre, the largest mall in all of British Columbia, and second largest mall in Canada.

Services

The station is a major connection point for the TransLink bus routes in southern Burnaby. Metrotown Station is the eastern terminus of the #49 bus route, which runs to Dunbar Loop and to the University of British Columbia when it is in session.

Trivia

Metrotown Station is located on the old right-of-way once used by the old British Columbia Electric Railway Central Park Line; this line ran from just west of Nanaimo Station to where the current New Westminster Station is located.

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