Vancouver City Centre is an underground station on the

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's SkyTrain

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system. The station is located on

Granville Street Granville Street is a major street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and part of Highway 99. Granville Street is most often associated with the Granville Entertainment District and the Granville Mall. This street also cuts through resid ...

, between West Georgia Street and

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, and serves the shopping and entertainment districts along Granville and Robson streets, and the office and shopping complexes of

Pacific Centre Pacific Centre (officially CF Pacific Centre since 2015) is a shopping mall located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is owned by Cadillac Fairview, the Ontario Pension Board, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, and is manage ...

and Vancouver Centre. The station is within walking distance of

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(home of the

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, the

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, and a

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satellite campus), the Orpheum Theatre,

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, TD Tower,

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and the

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History

Vancouver City Centre station opened in 2009 and is named for its location in the centre of downtown Vancouver. VIA Architecture was the architecture firm responsible for designing the station. In 2018, TransLink announced that Vancouver City Centre station, as well as two other Canada Line stations located in downtown Vancouver, would receive an accessibility upgrade which includes additional escalators. Construction is expected to begin in early 2019 with completion by the fourth quarter of 2019.

Services

The station is located within a short walking distance of bus stops for bus services throughout Vancouver (especially the trolleybus services on

Granville Mall Granville Mall can refer to two different locations: * Granville Mall, Halifax, a pedestrian mall in Halifax * Granville Mall, Vancouver, a transit and pedestrian mall in Vancouver {{Disambig ...

) and to the North Shore. There are underground connections between the station and both the Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre shopping malls. Passengers are able to reach Granville station (on the Expo Line) during regular retail hours while remaining indoors by walking through

or Vancouver Centre and Hudson's Bay department store, although the only direct transfer point between the Canada Line and the Expo Line is at Waterfront station.

Station information

Station layout

Entrances

*Street level entrance : located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Granville Street and West Georgia Street. Elevator access at this entrance is located south of the main entrance building. *Concourse level entrances: have a direct connection to Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre shopping malls.

Transit connections

The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Vancouver City Centre station:

References

{{TransLink Services Canada Line stations Railway stations in Canada opened in 2009 Buildings and structures in Vancouver 2009 establishments in British Columbia