TransLink SkyTrain Olympic Village Station

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Train to: Waterfront Olympic Village Train to: Richmond–Brighouse & YVR–Airport
Next Station: Yaletown–Roundhouse Next Station: Broadway–City Hall
General Information
Address 525 W. 2nd Avenue, Vancouver, BC
Owner TransLink
Operator ProTrans BC
Lines served
Bus connections 15, 50, 84
Fare Zone 1
Platforms 2 (island)
Entrances 1
Construction
Structure type Underground
Levels 3
Annual Traffic
Passengers ▲1,710,400 (2019)
▲1,693,500 (2018)
▲1,628,800 (2017)
1,551,000 (2016)
Ranking 32 out of 53
Other Information
Bike lockers Yes
Bike Parkade No
Park and Ride No
Carsharing No
Station code OV
History
Opening date August 17, 2009
Former services Olympic Line
Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway


Olympic Village is a SkyTrain station in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Station Details

Located at W. 2nd Avenue and Cambie Street, Olympic Village Station derives its name from the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Village, located east of the station. The station provides access to nearby commercial and residential areas. In the tunnels, this is where the tunnelling method changes from tunnel boring to cut-and-cover. The tunnel remains cut-and-cover from Olympic Village to the north of Marine Drive.

Directly across West 2nd Avenue is the Centennial Rocket, which is a replica of a rocket made for a 1936 PNE float. It was built and displayed during Expo 86 and donated to the City of Vancouver and contains a time capsule of Expo 86 memorabilia, which will be revealed in 2036. The rocket was temporarily moved due to excavation for the Olympic Village Station platforms and tunnels.

History

During planning, Olympic Village was called False Creek South.[1] This was later changed in 2006 to its current name.[2]

As part of the excavation work during construction, 3444 cubic metres of soil was removed. Construction work on Olympic Village Station did not commence until the completion of the bored tunnels.[3]

YVR Check-In

Olympic Village Station had self-serve check-in kiosks on the concourse level for Vancouver International Airport flights. As of 2020, these have since been removed.

Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway

Olympic Village Station is located near the Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway's Leg-in-Boot stop. The Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway service was established on July 29, 1998, and was operated by volunteers from the Transit Museum Society of British Columbia. Service ran every summer on weekends and holidays and usually ran from May to mid-October. The excursion-orientated historic electric rail line operated two ex-British Columbia Electric Railway cars: one interurban and one streetcar.

The line originally used a former freight railway corridor starting from Granville Island and paralleling W. 6th Avenue, reaching the Leg-in-Boot stop and continued under Cambie Street and paralleling Quebec Street, arriving at its terminus adjacent to Science World and Main Street–Science World Station.

The line's infrastructure was upgraded for $8.5 million, with funds from the City of Vancouver and Granville Island to implement the Olympic Line demonstration service. However, due to Olympic-related development and other numerous residential development in the False Creek area, the portion between Leg-in-Boot and Science World was permanently cut. Following the end of the Olympic Line, undoing some modifications to the line delayed the start of the 2011 season and the heritage service was suspended indefinitely due to financial constraints in 2012.

In 2014, a Vancouver City Council report recommended against reviving the heritage service, citing that the city's resources should be permanently directed away from the service.

Olympic Line

During the 2010 Olympics and Paralympics, Olympic Village was a transfer station for the Olympic Line, a demonstration streetcar line that ran along the Downtown Historic Railway right-of-way to Granville Island. The platforms and tracks remain there today.

The line used two Bombardier Flexity Outlook units (units 3050 and 3051) from Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles in Brussels, Belgium.

Bus Routes

Bus services are located along W. 2nd Avenue.

Station Layout

S

  • Transit information
  • Compass Ticket Vending Machines
C Concourse
T
Inbound ← Canada Line Canada Line towards Waterfront (Yaletown–Roundhouse)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Outbound Canada Line Canada Line towards Richmond–Brighouse (Broadway–City Hall) →
Canada Line Canada Line towards YVR–Airport (Broadway–City Hall) →
Olympic Village Station Exits
W. 2nd Avenue
  • Buses
  • Passenger zone
  • Public Parking

First and Last Trains

Olympic Village Station
Weekdays Saturdays Sundays/Holidays
First Train to Waterfront 5:22 a.m. 5:22 a.m. 5:22 a.m.
Last Train to Waterfront 1:16 a.m. 1:16 a.m. 1:16 a.m.
First Train to YVR–Airport 4:54 a.m. 4:54 a.m. 4:54 a.m.
Last Train to YVR–Airport 1:10 a.m. 1:10 a.m. 1:10 a.m.
First Train
to Richmond–Brighouse 		5:35 a.m. 5:35 a.m. 5:35 a.m.
Last Train
to Richmond–Brighouse 		1:20 a.m. 1:20 a.m. 1:20 a.m.

Nearby Attractions

  • Olympic Village
  • Granville Island
  • Charleson Park

Station Maps

References

  1. ↑ RAV Line Preliminary Design Discussion Guide translink.ca, retrieved 10-02-2017
  2. ↑ Canada Line station names selected translink.ca, retrieved 10-02-2017
  3. ↑ Olympic Village Canada Line, retrieved 07-11-2021
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Operations
Lines
Rolling stock Expo Line 1984 UTDC ICTS Mark I – Expo Line 1985 UTDC ICTS Mark I – Expo Line 1991 UTDC ICTS Mark I – Expo Line 1995 Bombardier ICTS Mark I – Expo LineMillennium Line 2001 Bombardier ART Mark II – Canada Line 2008 Hyundai Rotem EMU – Expo Line 2009 Bombardier ART Mark II – Expo Line 2015 Bombardier Innovia Metro Mark III – Expo Line 2018 Bombardier Innovia Metro Mark III – Canada Line 2019 Hyundai Rotem EMU
Yards Expo LineMillennium Line Operations and Maintenance Centre – Millennium Line Coquitlam Maintenance Centre – Canada Line Canada Line Operations and Maintenance Centre
Stations
Expo LineSeaBusR5 Hastings St Waterfront – Vancouver City Centre – Yaletown–Roundhouse – Olympic Village – 99 B-Line Broadway–City Hall – King Edward – R4 41st Ave Oakridge–41st Avenue – Langara–49th Avenue – Marine Drive – Canada Line Bridgeport – Capstan Way – Aberdeen – Lansdowne – Richmond–Brighouse
Airport branch ← Towards Waterfront – Canada Line Bridgeport – Templeton – Sea Island Centre – YVR–Airport
Canada LineSeaBusR5 Hastings St Waterfront – R5 Hastings St Burrard – Granville – Stadium–Chinatown – Main Street–Science World – Millennium Line99 B-Line Commercial–Broadway – Nanaimo – 29th Avenue – R4 41st Ave Joyce–Collingwood – Patterson – Metrotown – Royal Oak – Edmonds – 22nd Street – New Westminster – Expo Line Columbia – R6 Scott Rd Scott Road – Gateway – R1 King George Blvd Surrey Central – R1 King George Blvd King George
Production Way branch ← Towards Waterfront – Expo Line Columbia – Sapperton – Braid – Millennium Line Lougheed Town Centre – Millennium Line Production Way–University
Arbutus – South Granville – Oak–VGH – Canada Line99 B-Line Broadway–City Hall – Mount Pleasant – Great Northern Way–Emily Carr – VCC–Clark – Expo Line99 B-Line Commercial–Broadway – Renfrew – Rupert – Gilmore – Brentwood Town Centre – Holdom – Sperling–Burnaby Lake – Lake City Way – Expo Line Production Way–University – Expo Line Lougheed Town Centre – Burquitlam – Moody Centre – Inlet Centre – R3 Lougheed Hwy Coquitlam Central – Lincoln – Lafarge Lake–Douglas
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