Royal Oak is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue.
Royal Oak  | |||||||||||
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| SkyTrain station | |||||||||||
 Station entrance viewed from the southeast corner of Royal Oak Avenue and Beresford Street | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 5199 Beresford Street, Burnaby | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°13′12″N 122°59′18″W / 49.220004°N 122.988381°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | TransLink | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Architektengruppe U-Bahn | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | RO | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | December 11, 1985 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023[1] | 1,729,200  19.9% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 30 of 53 | ||||||||||
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History
editRoyal Oak station was opened in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line). The Austrian architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn was responsible for designing the station.[2][3]
In 2002, Millennium Line service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to VCC–Clark station (originally Commercial–Broadway) via Columbia station in New Westminster. This service was discontinued and replaced with an Expo Line branch to Production Way–University station in 2016.
Station information
editEntrances
editRoyal Oak is served by a single entrance located on the south side of the station at the corner of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue. An elevator is available however there is no escalator to the platform level.[4]
Transit connections
editRoyal Oak is served by one bus connection: a community shuttle route to Edmonds station.[5]
| Stop number | Routes |
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| 59781 |
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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.
- ^ Pabillano, Jhenifer (February 21, 2011). "1982 SkyTrain station concept drawings!". The Buzzer Blog. TransLink. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ "U-Bahn Vancouver". Architektengruppe U-Bahn. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ TransLink. Royal Oak Station Entrance Location (PDF) (Map). Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ TransLink (December 2016). Royal Oak Station (PDF) (Map). Retrieved November 19, 2016.