Capstan station
{{Short description|Metro Vancouver SkyTrain station}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
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| symbol = canada
| type = SkyTrain station
| style = TransLink (BC)
| style2 = SkyTrain
| image = Capstan Station Entrance 20241220.jpg
| image_caption = Capstan station entrance on opening day
| address = Richmond
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Capstan is an elevated station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-translink |title=Construction on Canada Line's new Capstan Station could begin in a year |work=Daily Hive |date=October 8, 2019 |accessdate=March 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009024724/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-translink |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |url-status=live}} It is located at the intersection of No. 3 Road and McMyn Way, one block north of Capstan Way in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and is the first infill station on the Canada Line. It opened on December 20, 2024.
History
A station at Capstan Way in Richmond was originally planned to open shortly after the rest of the Canada Line but plans to construct it were cancelled in March 2009. Pinnacle International and Concord Pacific, the developers of the Sun Tech City project, could not fund the $25 million required to build the station. The developers could only offer $15 million up front, but this sum was not accepted by TransLink and the City of Richmond.{{cite web |url=http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=4122707&postcount=30 |title=Sun Tech City development may be shelved |date=April 3, 2009 |publisher=Richmond Review |accessdate=March 15, 2020}}
In May 2012, the City of Richmond made an agreement with TransLink and the developers to fund the project. The developers were to pay a fee of just over $8,500 per unit, with the specific amount adjusted in October to account for inflation. At the time, it was thought it would take approximately 15 years to amass the required funds. By September 2017, based on development permit applications, the full $27.8 million could be collected by mid-2018, nine years earlier than expected.{{Cite news |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/richmond-cash-starts-design-work-on-new-canada-line-station |title=Richmond cash starts design work on new Canada Line station |date=November 16, 2017 |work=Vancouver Sun |accessdate=March 15, 2020}}
In November 2017, the City of Richmond released $3.5 million to TransLink to cover the costs of designing the station. By May 2019, $32{{nbsp}}million had been raised, exceeding the required $27.8{{nbsp}}million, which had been reached in November 2018.{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-budget-may-2019 |title=Richmond successfully raises $32{{nbsp}}million to build Canada Line's new Capstan Station |work=Daily Hive |date=May 3, 2019 |accessdate=March 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504011738/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-budget-may-2019 |archive-date=May 4, 2019 |url-status=live}} By December 2019, the station was still in the detailed design stage.{{cite news |last=Saltman |first=Jennifer |date=December 3, 2019 |title=New Capstan Station in Richmond running behind schedule |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/new-capstan-station-in-richmond-running-behind-schedule |work=Vancouver Sun |accessdate=March 15, 2020}}
=Construction=
Construction of the station began on September 2, 2021,{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=September 2, 2021 |title=Construction officially begins on Canada Line's new $52 million Capstan Station |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-skytrain-construction-groundbreaking |access-date=September 2, 2021 |website=Daily Hive}} and required various service reductions and periods of single tracking on the Richmond branch of the Canada Line across several months.{{cite news |last=Campbell |first=Alan |title=Canada Line disruptions coming to Richmond next week |url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/canada-line-disruptions-coming-to-richmond-this-spring-5279090 |work=Richmond News |date=April 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419221405/https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/canada-line-disruptions-coming-to-richmond-this-spring-5279090 |archive-date=April 19, 2022 |accessdate=March 2, 2023 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |title=Three more weeks of Canada Line service impacts for station construction |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-capstan-station-construction-march-2023 |work=Daily Hive |date=February 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216234914/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-canada-line-capstan-station-construction-march-2023 |archive-date=February 16, 2023 |accessdate=March 2, 2023 |url-status=live}}
Initially the completion of the station was projected for mid-2022;{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Kenneth |title=Canada Line's $31.5-million Capstan Station to open in 2022 |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-canada-line-skytrain-translink-2022 |accessdate=March 15, 2020 |work=Daily Hive |date=December 17, 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://engagetranslink.ca/capstan-station-engagement |title=Capstan Station Engagement |website=engagetranslink.ca |accessdate=November 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116230830/https://engagetranslink.ca/capstan-station-engagement |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |url-status=live}} a nearby construction conflict and internal changes at InTransitBC, the private operator of the Canada Line, later pushed this date to March 2023.{{Cite web|last=Chan|first=Kenneth|date=July 30, 2021|title=Construction on SkyTrain's new Capstan Station to begin in August|url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/capstan-station-skytrain-canada-line-construction|access-date=July 31, 2021|website=Daily Hive}} The opening date was subsequently pushed back to the first quarter of 2024 due to supply chain issues.{{cite web|last=Hui|first=Vikki|url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/new-richmond-canada-line-station-opening-delayed-until-2024-7181556|title=New Richmond Canada Line station opening delayed until 2024|work=Richmond News|date=June 22, 2023|accessdate=June 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623032959/https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/new-richmond-canada-line-station-opening-delayed-until-2024-7181556|archive-date=June 23, 2023|url-status=live}} In January 2024, TransLink announced the opening would be delayed to mid-2024 due to "work sequencing and worksite conditions".{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=January 29, 2024 |title=Opening of new SkyTrain Capstan Station further delayed to later in 2024 {{!}} Urbanized |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-capstan-station-opening-delayed-2024 |access-date= |website=Daily Hive}}{{Cite web |date=December 12, 2024 |title=SkyTrain's new Capstan Station faced "significant" construction challenges |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-capstan-station-construction-challenges-delays |access-date=December 13, 2024 |website=Daily Hive Vancouver}}
File:Capstan Station Inbound Platform Opening Day.jpg
File:Capstan Station Opening Lion Dance.jpg
Capstan station opened for passenger service on December 20, 2024.{{Cite web |last=Rantanen |first=Maria |date=December 20, 2024 |title=Capstan Canada Line Station in Richmond to open Friday |url=https://www.richmond-news.com/local-news/capstan-canada-line-station-in-richmond-to-open-friday-9984359 |access-date=December 20, 2024 |website=Richmond News |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Kenneth |date=19 December 2024 |title=SkyTrain's new Capstan Station will finally open tomorrow |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-capstan-station-canada-line-opening-date |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=Daily Hive Vancouver}}
Bus routes
The following bus routes are located nearby:{{Cite web |date=January 2025 |title=Capstan Station Map |url=https://infomaps.translink.ca/system_maps/skytrain_station_maps/capstan_station.pdf |url-status=live}}
- 403 Three Road / Bridgeport Station at bays 1 and 2
- 407 Gilbert / Bridgeport Station at bays 2, 3, and 4
- N10 Richmond–Brighouse Station / Downtown at bays 1 and 2
- HandyDart at bay 5
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Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 2024