Arbutus station

Arbutus
SkyTrain station
Arbutus station site in September 2022
General information
LocationVancouver
Coordinates49°15′49″N 123°09′08″W / 49.263607°N 123.152183°W / 49.263607; -123.152183
Owned byTransLink
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeSubway
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusPlanned
Fare zone1
History
Opening2027 (3 years' time) (2027)
Services
Preceding station TransLink Following station
Terminus Millennium Line Broadway extension
(opens 2027)
 South Granville
towards Lafarge Lake–Douglas

Arbutus is a planned underground station on the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.[1][2] It will be located at the northeast corner of the intersection of West Broadway and Arbutus Street in the Kitsilano neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and will be the western terminus of the Millennium Line when completed. Originally scheduled to open in 2025,[3][4] the station's projected opening has been pushed back twice; as of May 2024, it is scheduled to open in late 2027.[5][6]

The station will provide a connection to the Arbutus Greenway. Passengers continuing to the University of British Columbia (UBC) will have to transfer to a 99 B-Line bus to continue west along Broadway. As the planned new eastern terminus of the 99 B-Line, the station design includes a bus loop. There have been proposals to extend the Millennium Line all the way to UBC, but as of May 2020, funding for that proposal had not been committed.[7] Federal funding was being discussed as of February 2021.[8]

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  2. ^ Chan, Kenneth (July 3, 2019). "These are the proposed station names for SkyTrain's Broadway Extension". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Chan, Kenneth (March 16, 2018). "It's official: Broadway Subway and Surrey LRT will be built in $7-billion transit plan". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Chan, Kenneth (March 4, 2021). "A new look at the station layouts of the Broadway Subway". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
  5. ^ Chan, Kenneth (November 24, 2022). "Broadway Subway opening delayed to 2026". Daily Hive Vancouver. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  6. ^ Chan, Kenneth (May 24, 2024). "Broadway Subway opening further delayed until Fall 2027". Daily Hive Vancouver. Archived from the original on May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
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