SkyTrain station | |||||||||||
Location | 6222 No. 3 Road, Richmond | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 49°10′5″N 123°8′11″W / 49.16806°N 123.13639°WCoordinates: 49°10′5″N 123°8′11″W / 49.16806°N 123.13639°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | TransLink | ||||||||||
Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | RB | ||||||||||
Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | August 17, 2009 | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2011) | 18,761 | ||||||||||
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Richmond–Brighouse station is the outbound terminus metro station of the Richmond branch of the Canada Line, part of the SkyTrain system in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, in the Metro Vancouver region. The Canada Line's other outbound terminus station is YVR–Airport.
The station is located within Richmond's commercial heart, close to the Richmond Centre shopping mall and Richmond City Hall. The station is within a short walking distance of such amenities as Richmond Public Market, Richmond Hospital, and the Minoru civic complex, as well as other nearby office, commercial, and residential buildings.
An on-street turn-around serves as the terminus for many bus routes that serve the area, and enables a convenient transfer to the Canada Line. This loop replaced the one previously at Richmond Centre. A bus loop is currently under construction.
Bus bay assignments:
Richmond City Council proposed that the name Brighouse be used as the name of the station, since Brighouse is a historic name for the surrounding neighbourhood, thus reflecting the area's heritage. The area was named Brighouse after an early settler, Samuel Brighouse, who was one of "The Three Greenhorns" of Vancouver. From 1920 until 1941, the area was the location of a horse-racing track known as Brighouse Racetrack.