Marine Drive is an elevated station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Cambie Street and SW Marine Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia.
SkyTrain station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 8430 Cambie Street, Vancouver | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°12′35″N 123°7′1″W / 49.20972°N 123.11694°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | TransLink | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | MD | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 17, 2009 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2023[1] | 3,278,000 17.6% | ||||||||||
Rank | 19 of 53 | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Location
editThe station is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Southwest Marine Drive and Cambie Street. It serves the residential areas of Marpole and the Vancouver South Slope. The area surrounding the station includes the Marine Gateway retail hub and a movie theatre.
Marine Drive station is the only Canada Line station in the City of Vancouver with above-ground station platforms. Near 64th Avenue, just a few blocks north of the station, the line transitions to a cut-and-cover tunnel and remains underground all the way to the northern terminus at Waterfront station. South of Marine Drive station, the line crosses the Fraser River on the North Arm Bridge, a purpose-built bridge similar to the Skybridge for the Expo Line.
Services
editThe trolleybuses running along Main Street (#3), Granville Street (#10) and Oak Street (#17)—as well as the former trolleybus route on Cambie Street (#15)—have their southern termini located at a bus exchange at Marine Drive station, enabling easy transfers for passengers traveling between Vancouver, Richmond, and the Vancouver International Airport. In addition, passengers can also connect to the #100 bus, which runs along Marine Drive.
Bus routes
editThe following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Marine Drive station:[2]
- 3 Downtown (via Main Street)
- 10 Downtown (via Granville Street)
- 15 Olympic Village Station (via Cambie Street, then continues downtown as #50 Waterfront Station)
- 17 Downtown (via Oak Street)
- 80 River District (via Marine Drive; peak hours only)
- 100 Marpole Loop
- 100 22nd Street Station
- N8 Downtown
- N15 Downtown
- N20 Downtown
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Marine Drive Station (PDF) (Map). TransLink. December 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
External links
edit- Media related to Marine Drive station at Wikimedia Commons