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Westbound platform in Granville Station
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Location | 655 Seymour Street, Vancouver. On Granville Mall, Vancouver |
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Coordinates | 49°16′58″N 123°07′00″W / 49.282750°N 123.116639°WCoordinates: 49°16′58″N 123°07′00″W / 49.282750°N 123.116639°W | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | BC Transit, TransLink | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | Split platforms | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Connections | Vancouver City Centre | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Subway | ||||||||||||||
Depth | 25 metres | ||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||
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Station code | GV | ||||||||||||||
Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Opened | December 11, 1985 | ||||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||||
Passengers (2011) | 45,974 | ||||||||||||||
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Granville is an underground SkyTrain station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, served by the Expo Line. The station is located in the Dunsmuir Tunnel located beneath Downtown Vancouver and opened in 1985.
The station is named for nearby Granville Street, whose name in turn derives from "Granville", the name of the original settlement that preceded Vancouver prior to its incorporation in 1886. The portion of Granville Street on which this station is located is known as the Granville Mall.
At approximately 25 metres underground, Granville station is the deepest subway station on the Expo Line.
Granville station is located in the heart of the Granville Entertainment District which is known for urban shopping, trendy culture, and nightlife. The station is accessible from the surface via entrances on Granville Street and Seymour Street (both between Georgia and Dunsmuir Streets), and the Dunsmuir entrance between Granville and Seymour. The station can be accessed underground via Pacific Centre mall, through the Downtown Vancouver premises of the Hudson's Bay Company.
The station serves the shopping and entertainment districts along Granville and Robson streets, and the office and shopping complexes of Pacific Centre and Vancouver Centre. The station is also within walking distance of such amenities as Robson Square (home of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Provincial Court of British Columbia, and a satellite campus of the University of British Columbia), the Orpheum Theatre, Vancouver Library Square, TD Tower, Scotia Tower and the HSBC Canada Building.