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An example of the residential character of much of Cambie Street. This example is about a block north of Langara - 49th Station. Any bets on how long before it's torn down for condos?
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An example of the residential character of much of Cambie Street. This example is about a block north of Langara - 49th Station. Any bets on how long before it's torn down for condos?

Vancouver Canada LineLangara 49th Avenue Station

  • An example of the residential character of much of Cambie Street. This example is about a block north of Langara - 49th Station. Any bets on how long before it's torn down for condos?
  • The station building at Langara - 49th Station. I'm not sure how the large expanse of concrete wall will fit into the residential context.
  • The Langara - 49th Station is located on the northeast corner of Cambie and 49th.
  • Two stations -- Oakridge-41st and Langara-49th -- have side platforms, but only one entrance. This means that travellers heading in one direction must enter the station, descend into a tunnel under the tracks, and then ascend to the other platform. Fortunately, these tunnels were relatively well designed to avoid blind corners and avoid the feeling of being closed in. This is the tunnel at Langara-49th Station, which connects the entrance on the east (northbound) side with the west (southbound) platform.
  • One of the (few) advantages of cut-and-cover tunnel building is that the stations can be very close to the surface. Langara - 49th Station is only about one and a half storeys below the street.
  • The station concourse at Aberdeen Station is at ground level. Each elevated station has a similar layout: passengers enter directly beneath the guideway and then ascend escalators to the left or right depending which direction they want to travel. Unfortunately, the sign visible at upper-right is the only sign indicating the direction of travel until passengers reach the platform level. In the first week, this led to a fair bit of passenger confusion.
  • The station concourse at Aberdeen Station is at ground level. Each elevated station has a similar layout: passengers enter directly beneath the guideway and then ascend escalators to the left or right depending which direction they want to travel.
  • A view of No. 3 Road in Richmond at Aberdeen Station. For most of its route in Richmond, the Canada Line travels above the east sidewalk.
  • A view of the unfinished streetscape of No. 3 Road in Richmond just south of Richmond-Brighouse Station, the southern end of the line. Richmond Centre is to the left.
  • The entrance to Richmond-Brighouse Station, at the south end of the line. This station has only a single platform, but is designed for large volumes of passengers entering or exiting at once, likely from buses.
  • Close-up of the abrupt end-of-track at Richmond-Brighouse Station. Unfortunately the line will not be as easy to extend as it appears: the last kilometre or so is only single track. In the distance, you can see a jog in the guideway where double track gives way to single.
  • A train arrives at Marine Drive Station, the only elevated Canada Line station in the City of Vancouver. The line plunges below ground just after crossing Marine Drive, on the left side of this picture.
  • The end of the line, just south of Richmond-Brighouse Station.
  • Marine Drive Station as seen from the corner of Cambie and Marine. Strangely, the station faces away from the streets it is designed to serve.
  • The Canada Line guideway crosses Marine Drive and then descends into tunnel for its trip to Waterfront.
  • A common sight on Cambie Street: empty storefronts, representing dozens of businesses that went bankrupt during the cut-and-cover construction along Cambie Street.
  • This used to be a street, until Cambie Street was moved to the west to accommodate the Canada Line descending from its Richmond/Airport elevated guideway to a tunnel through Vancouver.
  • The domestic terminal at Vancouver International Airport at night.
  • Another view of the totem pole in the Link Building at Vancouver International Airport. The overhead bridge to the Canada Line station is visible outside the window.
  • This is the view greeting travellers who arrive on the Canada Line at Vancouver International Airport's Link Building.
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