First designs of Broadway Subway's 6 new stations released (RENDERINGS)
More than a month after releasing the precise locations of the street entrances of the six new subway stations for the SkyTrain Millennium Line Broadway Extension project, the provincial government released today the first preliminary conceptual artistic renderings of the stations.
The release of the early designs coincides with the BC Ministry of Transportation’s first public consultation on the project, with an online survey now open and a series of community open houses scheduled for the coming week at various locations.
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While the preliminary renderings do not show the precise architectural detailing of the stations, they illustrate the general form and layout of the stations at street level.
No interior artistic renderings have been released at this time, with the exception of the cross-section rendering of the underground station complex for the Broadway-City Hall Station interchange between the Millennium Line and Canada Line.
Stations will be constructed to the same standard as the region’s most recent SkyTrain extension project, the Evergreen Extension. This includes both up and down escalators and elevators to every level of the stations, clear wayfinding and passenger information, public art, and the capacity to accommodate future ridership growth.
Platforms will follow the same 80-metre length standard of the Expo and Millennium lines, twice the length of most Canada Line platforms. It will have an opening-day capacity equivalent to 2.5 times the peak hour capacity of the existing 99 B-Line, with trains running as frequently as every three minutes during peak periods.
Map of the route and station locations of the SkyTrain Millennium Line Broadway Extension. Click on the map for an enlarged version. (Government of BC)
As a seamless extension of the Millennium Line, the extension will have a travel time of just 11 minutes between VCC-Clark Station and Arbutus Station, and about 47 minutes between Lafarge Lake-Douglas Station and Arbutus Station on a transfer-less, one-seat train ride. Ridership is estimated at 130,000 boardings per day upon opening.
The provincial government is aiming to select a contractor for the project by the spring of next year. Construction on the $2.8-billion, 5.7-km-long is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2020 for an opening in 2025.
Precise details and designs will be finalized after the contractor is selected.
Great Northern Way Station
The first new station, travelling westwards on the Millennium Line, will be located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Great Northern Way and Thornton Street, next to Emily Carr University of Art and Design.
The pit excavated for this station will double as the staging area and pit for tunnel boring machine operations, with the tunnel beginning just east of the station. The existing Millennium Line elevated track west of VCC-Clark Station will see a short westward extension, before diving towards ground level and into the tunnel portal.
October 2019 preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of Great Northern Way Station of the Millennium Line Broadway Extension. (Government of BC)
Mount Pleasant Station
Mount Pleasant Station will be located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Broadway and Main Street, replacing existing low-storey commercial buildings.
October 2019 preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of Mount Pleasant Station of the Millennium Line Broadway Extension. (Government of BC)
Mount Pleasant Station – southwest corner of Main Street and Broadway. (Google Maps)
Location of Mount Pleasant Station. (Government of BC)
Broadway-City Hall Station
A high-capacity underground station complex will provide a seamless connection from the existing Canada Line entrance hall level and both Canada Line platform levels to the new underground concourse level to reach the Millennium Line platforms.
This includes both up and down escalators and elevators between all levels of the station complex.
No new secondary street entrance is planned for this new interchange hub station, which will become one of the busiest stations on the SkyTrain network, as it will instead utilize the existing Canada Line street entrance. Without the 99 B-Line, it is estimated 75% of all foot traffic movements will be contained inside this station.
October 2019 preliminary conceptual cross-section artistic rendering of Broadway-City Hall Station’s interchange between the Millennium Line and existing Canada Line. Click on the image for an enlarged version. (Government of BC)
The existing Broadway-City Hall Station entrance for the Canada Line on a City-owned block. (Google Maps)
Location of Broadway-City Hall Station. (Government of BC)
Fairview-VGH Station
Fairview-VGH Station will be located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Broadway and Laurel Street, near Oak Street. This location for the station entrance strategically provides close access to Vancouver General Hospital and the rest of the medical precinct.
October 2019 preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of Fairview-VGH Station of the Millennium Line Broadway Extension. (Government of BC)
Fairview-VGH Station – southwest corner of Laurel Street and Broadway. (Google Maps)
Location of Fairview Station. (Government of BC)
South Granville Station
Replacing existing commercial buildings at the northeast corner of the intersection of Broadway and Granville Street, the station entrance for South Granville Station will be integrated into a new five-storey office and retail building.
The proposal for this redevelopment by PCI Developments and architectural firm Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership is currently going through the City of Vancouver’s development application process.
October 2019 preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of South Granville Station of the Millennium Line Broadway Extension. (Government of BC)
Artistic rendering of Broadway Subway’s South Granville Station integrated into 1465-1489 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / PCI Developments)
Artistic rendering of Broadway Subway’s South Granville Station integrated into 1465-1489 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / PCI Developments)
Ground-level layout of Broadway Subway’s South Granville Station integrated into 1465-1489 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / PCI Developments)
Diagram of Broadway Subway’s South Granville Station integrated into 1465-1489 West Broadway, Vancouver. (Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership / PCI Developments)
South Granville Station – northeast corner of Granville Street and Broadway. (Google Maps)
Location of South Granville Station. (Government of BC)
Arbutus Station
Arbutus Station, the new western terminus of the Millennium Line, will have its station entrance building located at the northeast corner of the intersection of Arbutus Street and Broadway. The site is currently occupied by a Rogers retail building, ground-level parking, and a vacant lot.
This station has been designed as an interchange hub between the Millennium Line and the truncated 99 B-Line express bus route for the remaining journey to the UBC campus. There will be an on-street deboarding area for bus passengers on Arbutus Street, while an off-street bus loop for boarding the buses will be wedged into the site between the building and the Arbutus Greenway.
During construction, a two-block segment of the greenway will be closed to allow for the area to be a staging area, including the space needed to remove the tunnel boring machine. The greenway route will be temporarily rerouted to nearby streets.
The station will be designed to allow for a future Millennium Line extension to UBC.
October 2019 preliminary conceptual artistic rendering of Arbutus Station of the Millennium Line Broadway Extension and the new 99 B-Line bus loop. (Government of BC)
Arbutus Station – northeast corner of Broadway and Arbutus Street. (Google Maps)
Location of Arbutus Station. (Government of BC)