Sea Island Centre is an at-grade station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia.
Sea Island Centre  | |||||||||||
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| Location | 5899 Grant McConachie Way, Richmond, BC | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°11′35″N 123°9′29″W / 49.19306°N 123.15806°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | TransLink Vancouver International Airport | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | SI | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Zone 2 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | August 17, 2009 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[1] | 312,100  24.3% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 52 of 53 | ||||||||||
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The Vancouver International Airport Authority contributed up to $300 million toward the airport branch of the Canada Line, which includes Sea Island Centre.[2] This station, along with Templeton, was built at-grade to allow for the future construction of an elevated aircraft taxiway over the Canada Line guideway.[3]
Services
editSea Island Centre station serves Vancouver International Airport (YVR), and airline-related industrial area along Grant McConachie Way, east of the airport. During off hours, the station is served by the N10 bus route, which provides service to Downtown Vancouver and Richmond–Brighouse station.
Station information
editEntrances
editSea Island Centre is served by two entrances. The northern entrance is located adjacent to the North Service Road, it provides access to an Air Canada hangar as well as other airport-related businesses. Parking lots for airport employees is also located at this entrance. The southern entrance is located on Miller Road.[4]
Airport surcharge
editAs with all stations on Sea Island—YVR–Airport, Sea Island Centre, and Templeton—a $5.00 surcharge, the "YVR AddFare", applies to fares paid with cash, with Compass Card stored value, or with DayPasses purchased at the station for eastbound trips originating from this station to Bridgeport station or beyond. Trips using a monthly pass are exempt, as are trips using DayPasses purchased and activated off Sea Island. Trips to Sea Island Centre are not subject to the surcharge. Travel between YVR–Airport, Sea Island Centre, and Templeton stations is free.[5][6]
Image gallery
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Approaching Sea Island Centre station from the west. Access to the station is via an elevated walkway above the tracks and adjacent roads. -
Sea Island Centre station and Grant MacConachie Way, with airport control tower visible in the distance
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.
- ^ Parry, Jacob (January 28, 2015). "Airports are stressful, so why do B.C.ers love YVR?". BCBusiness. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ^ Chan, Kenneth (January 18, 2017). "$5.6-billion expansion will propel Vancouver International Airport to new heights". Daily Hive. Retrieved March 30, 2018.
- ^ TransLink (April 2018). Sea Island Centre Station (PDF) (Map). Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ "Canada Line YVR AddFare". TransLink. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ "Transferring and AddFare". TransLink. Archived from the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
External links
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Media related to Sea Island Centre station at Wikimedia Commons
