Columbia Station
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Columbia
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| Location | 435 Columbia Street, New Westminster | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°12′17″N 122°54′22″W / 49.20476°N 122.906161°WCoordinates: 49°12′17″N 122°54′22″W / 49.20476°N 122.906161°W | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | BC Transit, TransLink | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade and underground | ||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | CO | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | February 14, 1989 | ||||||||||||||
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| Passengers (2011) | 24,976 | ||||||||||||||
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Columbia station is located in the short underground section of the Expo Line in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system, and a major transfer point between two Expo Line branches terminating at King George in Surrey and Production Way–University in Burnaby.
Columbia station is located near the corner of 4th Street and Carnarvon Street in New Westminster, and is named after Columbia Street one block south. The station was built horizontally on a slope, so that the inbound platform in the north is underground while the outbound platform in the south is predominantly at grade. The track at both ends of the station dips underground below Clarkson Street.
Columbia station was built between 1988 and 1989, and served as the system’s temporary terminus (replacing New Westminster station) until it was extended to Scott Road the following year, following the completion of the Skybridge. During planning and construction, it was known as 4th Street station.
Originally, the station served as a secondary transfer point for regional buses from Port Moody, Coquitlam, and Port Coquitlam. After the opening of Millennium Line in 2002, the station became a major transfer point between the two SkyTrain lines and the regional bus connections moved north along Millennium Line to Braid and Lougheed Town Centre stations. Currently, the station connects only to local bus and shuttle routes servicing the New Westminster area.
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