29th Avenue is an at-grade station on the Expo Line of

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's SkyTrain

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system. The station is located on 29th Avenue at Atlin Street, adjacent to Slocan Park in the Renfrew Heights neighbourhood of

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, British Columbia, Canada.

History

29th Avenue station was opened in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line). The

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n architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn was responsible for designing the station. The station is located on the old right-of-way of the former Central Park Line of the British Columbia Electric Railway. This line formerly ran just west of where

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is today and continued east to where the current

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is located. In 2002,

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service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to

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(originally

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) via Columbia station in New Westminster. This service was discontinued and replaced with an Expo Line branch to

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in 2016. In January 2017, upgrades began on the station's bus exchange, which included an additional bus bay to allow all buses to use the bus loop as well as three new crosswalks to improve safety and access. Construction was completed in February 2018.

Station information

Station layout

Entrances

29th Avenue station is served by three entrances. The two main entrances are located at the northwest end of the station: one entrance faces 29th Avenue and the station's bus loop, while the other entrance is adjacent to Slocan Park. The third entrance is located at the southeast end of the station. This entrance is accessible by an overhead walkway and does not allow access for the disabled.

Transit connections

Bus bay assignments:

References

{{TransLink Services Expo Line (SkyTrain) stations Railway stations in Canada opened in 1985 Buildings and structures in Vancouver 1985 establishments in British Columbia