Surrey Central station

Surrey Central
SkyTrain station
Location	10277 135 Street, Surrey, BC
Coordinates	49°11′22″N 122°50′52″W / 49.189473°N 122.847871°W / 49.189473; -122.847871Coordinates: 49°11′22″N 122°50′52″W / 49.189473°N 122.847871°W / 49.189473; -122.847871
Owned by	BC Transit, TransLink
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	96 B-Line
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SC
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	March 28, 1994
Traffic
Passengers (2011[1])	31,471
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Gateway toward Waterfront Expo Line Surrey King George Terminus

Surrey Central station is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located in downtown Surrey, British Columbia, just east of the North Surrey Recreation Centre and near to the Central City Shopping Centre, the Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University, and Surrey City Hall.

Surrey Central is the busiest of the four stations located within Surrey, with a daily average ridership of approximately 31,500 on a typical weekday.^[2]

History

Central City Shopping Centre.

Surrey Central station was one of three new stations opened on March 28, 1994 when the Expo Line was extended into downtown Surrey. The name "Surrey Central" was given after an ad was placed in the local paper calling on residents to propose an appropriate name. Winners received a City of Surrey mug, a letter of thanks, and a T-shirt with a vision of Surrey on the front of it. Previous to the SkyTrain expansion, "Surrey Central" was a bus loop known as "Whalley Exchange" as the immediate area is historically known as "Whalley".

Over the years, the area has earned a reputation for being unsafe and a magnet for crime, including violence and drug trafficking. Officers from both the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service, and Transit Security Department can be found patrolling the bus loop and SkyTrain platform in an effort to reduce crime and disorder. Surrey RCMP also make occasional patrols of the station.

In an effort to combat the station's rundown image, and to show off experimental urban design, the City of Surrey and TransLink agreed to have Surrey Central Station participate in the GVTA's Urban Transit Village program. The Transit Villages are defined by TransLink as "a new approach to station design and access." While the original schedule called for construction to be completed by Spring of 2007, nothing beyond design plans have been completed. The Surrey Central plan specifically called for improvements in four areas: station access, street design, King George Boulevard, and land use.

Services

Surrey Central station is a transfer point for twenty-one TransLink bus routes that serve Surrey, White Rock, North Delta, Ladner, Tsawwassen, and Langley, the highest number of bus route connections at any station in the SkyTrain network.

Bus routes

Bus bay assignments^[3]

References