Granville station (SkyTrain)

Granville
SkyTrain station
Westbound platform
General information
Location	655 Seymour Street, Vancouver. On Granville Mall, Vancouver
Coordinates	49.282750°N 123.116639°W / 49.282750; -123.116639
Owned by	BC Transit, TransLink
Platforms	Split platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Vancouver City Centre
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Depth	25 metres
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GV
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	December 11, 1985
Passengers
2023	5,856,400
Services
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Granville is an underground SkyTrain station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, served by the Expo Line. The station is located in the Dunsmuir Tunnel located beneath Downtown Vancouver and opened in 1985.

The station is named for nearby Granville Street, whose name in turn derives from "Granville", the name of the original settlement that preceded Vancouver prior to its incorporation in 1886. The portion of Granville Street on which this station is located is known as the Granville Mall.

At approximately 25 metres underground, Granville station is the deepest subway station on the Expo Line.

Location

Access to Dunsmuir Street, showing fare gates

Granville station is located in the heart of the Granville Entertainment District which is known for urban shopping, trendy culture, and nightlife. The station is accessible from the surface via entrances on Granville Street and Seymour Street (both between Georgia and Dunsmuir Streets), and the Dunsmuir entrance between Granville and Seymour. The station can be accessed underground via Pacific Centre mall, through the Downtown Vancouver premises of the Hudson's Bay Company.

The station serves the shopping and entertainment districts along Granville and Robson streets, and the office and shopping complexes of Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre. The station is also within walking distance of such amenities as Robson Square (home of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, and a satellite campus of the University of British Columbia), the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver Library Square, TD Tower, Scotia Tower and the HSBC Canada Building.

On September 22, 2006, elevator access was introduced from Dunsmuir Street with the completion of the neighbouring Hudson on Granville development, and large signs were added at the platform level to guide passengers to the newly available elevators. The entrance has separate escalator access to the platform levels independent of the existing station in a similar two up/one down configuration for the longest bank, and a ticket-vending level with a connection to the existing Granville Mall entrance and The Bay/Pacific Centre. There are unoccupied retail spaces within the new station area’s ticket vending lobby and in the passageway to The Bay. The design of the station, its capacity, and connection to Granville Mall make it possible for the original facility to be closed entirely; however, it will remain in full service. The original station area closed only temporarily for lighting upgrades from October 23, 2006 to mid-November.

There is a small retail space standing at the bottom of the long escalator bank in the original station area, where the corridor splits into the westbound and eastbound routes. It is one of the few stores located entirely within a fare paid zone of any SkyTrain station.

On May 8, 2018, TransLink announced the Granville Station Escalator Replacement Project as part of the TransLink Maintenance and Repair Program. The replacement of six escalators is scheduled to begin on May 26, 2018, resulting in the closure of the Seymour Street entrance and the closure of the Granville/Seymour concourse. Work is expected to take two years.

Services

Granville station is one of four SkyTrain subway stations on the Expo Line serving Downtown Vancouver. It connects with many TransLink bus routes, including trolleybus routes on the Granville Mall and suburban bus routes (running on nearby Georgia Street) heading to and from North and West Vancouver. Passengers are able to transfer to the Canada Line (served by Vancouver City Centre station) by walking through Pacific Centre or Vancouver Centre and The Bay department store, although the only direct transfer point is at Waterfront Station.

Design

Granville station is one of the busiest in the SkyTrain system.

Like Burrard and King Edward stations, Granville station has a distinctive platform design. The westbound track (to Waterfront station) is stacked above the eastbound track (to King George and Production Way–University stations), with the westbound platform being one level above the eastbound platform.

Granville station is unique in being one of only a few stations having no surface entrance building of its own, independent of any adjacent buildings (Main Street–Science World station is another for example). The station has three entrances: Granville Mall through the Hudson’s Bay Company department store, Seymour Street with direct access to the ticketing platform, and Dunsmuir Street through the Hudson condominium development.

Station information

Entrances

• Granville Street entrance: one of the original entrances for the station. Underground connection to the second basement level of HBC department store and Pacific Centre is available at concourse level. Three escalators are available between platform and concourse level; however, none is available between concourse and street. Escalator to this entrance is later made available through an underground connection from the new Dunsmuir entrance. No elevator is available at this entrance, and there is no stairway available between concourse and platform.
• Seymour Street entrance: connects to the concourse of Granville entrance via a short stairwell. No escalator and elevator access is available from this entrance.
• Dunsmuir Street entrance : built in 2006, it provides elevator and escalator access between street and platform. It also include an underground connection to Granville entrance at concourse/street level. Similar to the Granville entrance, there are three escalators but no stairway is available between concourse and platform. Fare gates are located at the inbound platform level for this entrance.

Transit connections

See also: List of bus routes in Greater Vancouver

• Local and night buses operate on Granville Street, in front of the entrance all days Monday to Thursday and during daytime on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays:

4 Powell

4 Downtown

7 Dunbar

7 Nanaimo Station

10 Granville

10 Downtown

14 UBC

14 Hastings

16 Arbutus

16 29th Avenue Station

17 Oak

20 Victoria

50 False Creek South

50 Waterfront Station

• During Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Holidays evening, buses are rerouted to Seymour Street, near the Seymour entrance:

4 Powell

7 Nanaimo Station

10 Downtown

14 Hastings

16 29th Avenue Station

17 Oak

20 Victoria

50 Waterfront Station

• The NightBus terminus is along Howe Street between Pender and Dunsmuir. However, buses serve the stop along Seymour Street closest to the Seymour Street entrance:

N8 Fraser

N9 Coquitlam Station

N10 Brighouse Station

N15 Cambie

N17 UBC

N19 Surrey Central Station

N20 Victoria

N24 Lynn Valley

N35 SFU

• The following suburban routes serves Georgia Street, with close proximity of the Granville entrance:

240 15th Street

241 Upper Lonsdale (peak only)

242 Lynn Valley (weekend/holiday early morning only)

246 Highland

247 Upper Capilano (peak only)

250 Horseshoe Bay

250A Dundarave

253 Caulfield

254 British Properties

257 Horseshoe Bay Express

External links

Media related to Granville Station at Wikimedia Commons