Nanaimo station

{{about|the SkyTrain station in Vancouver|the decommissioned Via Rail station in Nanaimo|Nanaimo station (Via Rail)}}

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| name = Nanaimo

| symbol_location = vancouver

| symbol = expo

| type = SkyTrain station

| style = TransLink (BC)|style2=SkyTrain

| image = Nanaimo station entrance.jpg

| image_caption = Street level view, facing southeast

| address = 2450 East 24th Avenue, Vancouver

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| structure = Partially elevated

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| architect = Architektengruppe U-Bahn

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| code = NA

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File:Nanaimo platform level.jpg

Nanaimo is a partially elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located on Nanaimo Street between Vanness Avenue and East 24th Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The station takes its name from Nanaimo Street, which is named after the city of Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. Situated on a hillcrest, the station provides riders with a view of the west side and Downtown Vancouver.

History

Nanaimo 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.{{cite web |last=Pabillano |first=Jhenifer |url=https://buzzer.translink.ca/2011/02/1982-skytrain-station-concept-drawings/ |title=1982 SkyTrain station concept drawings! |work=The Buzzer Blog |publisher=TransLink |date=February 21, 2011 |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331220050/https://buzzer.translink.ca/2011/02/1982-skytrain-station-concept-drawings/ |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=U-Bahn Vancouver |url=http://www.agu.at/vancouver.html |publisher=Architektengruppe U-Bahn |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428221856/http://www.agu.at/vancouver.html |archive-date=April 28, 2016 |url-status=dead }}

The station is the westernmost station on the Expo Line that sits atop of the former Central Park Line of the British Columbia Electric Railway. This line formerly ran just west of Nanaimo station to where New Westminster station is located today.

In 2002, Millennium Line service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to VCC–Clark station (originally Commercial Drive) via Columbia station in New Westminster. This service was discontinued and replaced with an Expo Line branch to Production Way–University station in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/skytrain-line-changes-1.3817090 |title=SkyTrain network changes start today |work=CBC News |date=October 22, 2016 |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104125913/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/skytrain-line-changes-1.3817090 |archive-date=November 4, 2016 |url-status=live}}

In the fourth quarter of 2018, TransLink was scheduled to begin a major upgrade of the station's bus exchange and entrance plaza to "improve safety and comfort for [the station's] passengers and to prepare for future service expansions".{{cite web |url=https://www.translink.ca/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Exchange-Improvements/Nanaimo-Exchange.aspx |publisher=TransLink |title=Nanaimo Exchange |access-date=September 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930121345/https://www.translink.ca/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Exchange-Improvements/Nanaimo-Exchange.aspx |archive-date=September 30, 2018}} Construction began on the expansion of the bus loop on January 4, 2019, and was scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2019.{{cite web |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-nanaimo-station-bus-exchange-construction |title=Construction begins on new Nanaimo Station bus loop January 2019 |first=Kenneth |last=Chan |work=Daily Hive |date=January 4, 2019 |access-date=April 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325033532/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-nanaimo-station-bus-exchange-construction |archive-date=March 25, 2019 |url-status=live}} The completion date was later pushed back to early 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.translink.ca/Plans-and-Projects/TransLink-Maintenance-and-Repair-Program/Bus-Projects/Nanaimo-Exchange.aspx |publisher=TransLink |title=Nanaimo Exchange |access-date=November 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201005405/https://www.translink.ca/Plans-and-Projects/TransLink-Maintenance-and-Repair-Program/Bus-Projects/Nanaimo-Exchange.aspx |archive-date=December 1, 2019 |url-status=live}} The bus loop was largely complete by July 9, 2020.{{cite web |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/nanaimo-station-bus-exchange-completion |work=DailyHive |title=New bus exchange and plaza opens at SkyTrain's Nanaimo Station (Photos) |access-date=May 11, 2021}}

Station information

=Entrances=

Nanaimo station is served by a single entrance located at the west end of that station.{{cite map |publisher=TransLink |title=Nanaimo Station Entrance Location |url=https://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/schedules_and_maps/entrance_maps/Nanaimo_Station_Elevator_Map.pdf?la=en&hash=85CD013D4F6FC10A90E64158459BF881F0CEA68F |access-date=July 20, 2019}} The entrance is accessible from Nanaimo Street, south of East 24th Avenue across the street from Vanness Avenue.

=Transit connections=

Bus bay assignments are as follows:{{cite map |title=Nanaimo Station |url=https://infomaps.translink.ca/system_maps/skytrain_station_maps/nanaimo_station.pdf |publisher=TransLink |date=June 2020 |access-date=June 6, 2022}}

class="wikitable" ! Bay ! Routes ! Notes
1 \| 25 Brentwood Station \|
2 \| 25 UBC \| To UBC Exchange
3 \| 7 Dunbar \| Trolley bus
4 \| — \| HandyDART service

class="wikitable"

! Bay

! Routes

! Notes

| 25 Brentwood Station

| 25 UBC

| To UBC Exchange

| 7 Dunbar

| Trolley bus

| —

| HandyDART service