Joyce–Collingwood station

Joyce–Collingwood
SkyTrain station
Location	5099 Joyce Street, Vancouver
Coordinates	49°14′18″N 123°01′54″W / 49.23835°N 123.031704°W / 49.23835; -123.031704Coordinates: 49°14′18″N 123°01′54″W / 49.23835°N 123.031704°W / 49.23835; -123.031704
Owned by	TransLink
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	JY
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	December 11, 1985
Previous names	Joyce Station (1985-2001)
Traffic
Passengers (2011[1])	29,046
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station 29th Avenue toward Waterfront Expo Line Surrey Patterson toward King George Expo Line Lougheed Patterson toward Production Way–University

Joyce–Collingwood station (formerly Joyce station) is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is on Joyce Street at Vanness Avenue, in the area of Vancouver known as Collingwood. It is the sixth busiest station on Expo Line.

History

Joyce–Collingwood is 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 all the way to where the current New Westminster station is located.

The station was opened as Joyce station in 1985 along the original Expo Line. It replaced Joyce Loop, located 600 metres south at the intersection of Joyce Street and Kingsway, as the main transfer point to local transit services in the area. Trolley wire were extended to the station in early 1986 to bring trolley buses to the bus loop.^[2]

Formerly an industrial area, the area in the immediate vicinity of this station is being redeveloped as Collingwood Village, a denser community of high-rise condos. The "Collingwood" portion of the name was added in 2001 to try to reflect a positive presence imposed by SkyTrain on the surrounding community, as this station had been known to have a particularly negative community impact in terms of inducing high rates of crime and violence since its opening in the mid-80s.

As part of the Expo Line upgrades to be complete by the end of 2016, new elevators, escalators, and parking for bicycles will be constructed and the design of the station will be improved.^[3]

Service

• The station connects to a number of TransLink bus routes serving eastern Vancouver and Burnaby.
• The station is one of the possible terminus for the proposed 91 B-Line service, which is an upgrade for the current route #43 that runs westward to the University of British Columbia.
• There is currently no scheduled trolley bus service to the station after the dieselization of trolley route #41 on August 31, 2000. However, trolley buses may still be seen in the bus loop during the occasional unscheduled reroutes of trolley route #19.

Station information

Station layout

Entrances

• West Entrance is located on the west side of Joyce Street, in the center of the bus loop. The entrance is fully accessible with elevator and up-escalator.
• East Entrance is a stair-only access located on the east side of Joyce Street, on the opposite side of the bus loop. The entrance serves the passenger drop-off area, as well as a temporary bus stop (Bay 6) for the 41 UBC route during fare gate construction.

Transit connections

Joyce–Collingwood station provides a partial off-street transit exchange at the intersection of Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue. Bus bay assignments is as follows:^[4]

References

External links

Media related to Joyce-Collingwood Station at Wikimedia Commons