Joyce–Collingwood station
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| SkyTrain station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 5099 Joyce Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°14′18″N 123°01′54″W / 49.23835°N 123.031704°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | TransLink | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | JY | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 11, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2016–17 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Joyce (1985–2001) | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[1] | 5,001,900 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Joyce–Collingwood (formerly Joyce) is an elevated station on the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Joyce Street at Vanness Avenue, in the Collingwood neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is the tenth-busiest station on the SkyTrain system.
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 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 condominiums. 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 the station had been known to have a particularly negative community impact in terms of contributing to higher rates of crime and violence since its opening.[citation needed]
As part of the Expo Line upgrades, renovations on the station began in early 2016.[3] Phase one was completed on October 6, 2017; it consisted of new elevators, escalators, and improved station design and integration.[4] Phase two renovations began in early 2018 and are scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2019.[3]
Service
- The station connects to a number of TransLink bus routes serving eastern Vancouver, Burnaby, and North Vancouver.
- The station will be one of the termini for the proposed 91 B-Line service, which will replace the current 43 express route that runs west from this station to the University of British Columbia.[5]
- There is currently no scheduled trolley bus service to the station after the dieselization of the 41 trolley route 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
| T | Platform 1 | ← Template:TransLink (BC) box towards Template:TransLink (BC) stations (Template:TransLink (BC) stations) |
| Island platform; Doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform 2 | Template:TransLink (BC) box towards Template:TransLink (BC) stations and Template:TransLink (BC) stations (Template:TransLink (BC) stations) → | |
| S | Street (West) | West entrance, bus loop Ticket vending machines, fare gates |
| Street (East) | East entrance, drop-off area Ticket vending machines, fare gates | |
Entrances
- West entrance
: located on the west side of Joyce Street, in the centre of the bus loop. The entrance is fully accessible with an elevator and an up escalator. - East entrance : located on the east side of Joyce Street, on the opposite side of the bus loop. The entrance is also fully accessible, including up and down escalators, an elevator, and a staircase. This entrance serves the passenger drop-off area.
Transit connections
 | This section needs to be updated. (October 2018) |
Joyce–Collingwood station provides a partial off-street transit exchange at the intersection of Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue. Bus bay assignments are as follows:[6]
| Bay | Location | Routes | Destinations |
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| 1 | Joyce Street Southbound |
26 | 29th Avenue Station |
| 2 | Bus Loop Southbound |
27 | Kootenay Loop |
| 3 | Bus Loop | 41 | UBC |
| Crown Buses to Crown turn around at Crown St and 41st Avenue | |||
| 43 | UBC (weekdays only) | ||
| 4 | Bus Loop Northbound |
28 | Phibbs Exchange Capilano University Capilano U service from Sep–Apr (peak hours only) |
| Bus Loop | HandyDart | ||
| Joyce Street Northbound |
— | (Unloading only) |
References
- ^ "2023 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Summaries". tableau.com. TransLink. April 17, 2024. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
- ^ The Buzzer, vol. 71, BC Transit, February 28, 1986
- ^ a b "Joyce-Collingwood Station Upgrades". TransLink. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ "New Joyce–Collingwood east stationhouse is now open!". TransLink. October 6, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
- ^ "B-Line Program". www.translink.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
- ^ "Joyce–Collingwood Station: Temporary – Construction" (PDF). infomaps.translink.ca. TransLink. August 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2018.
External links
Media related to Joyce-Collingwood Station at Wikimedia Commons
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