Oak–VGH station

{{Short description|Metro Vancouver SkyTrain station}}

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| name = Oak–VGH

| symbol_location = vancouver

| symbol = millennium

| type = SkyTrain station

| style = TransLink (BC)

| style2 = SkyTrain

| image = Oak–VGH station (20220930 203538268).jpg

| image_caption = Oak–VGH station site in September 2022

| address = Vancouver

| coordinates = {{Coord|49.263328|N|123.124357|W|region:CA-BC_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title}}

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| structure = Subway

| platform = Centre platform

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| tracks = 2

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| opening = {{start date and age|2027|p=yes}}

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| accessible = yes

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| owned = TransLink

| zone = 1

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| status = Planned

| former = Fairview–VGH (planning)

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=TransLink (BC)|line=Millennium Line extension|left=South Granville|right=Broadway–City Hall}}

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Oak–VGH is a planned underground station for the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.{{cite web |first=Kenneth |last=Chan |title=These are the 6 stations of the Broadway Subway in Vancouver (VISUALS) |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-broadway-extension-millennium-line-stations-vancouver |work=Daily Hive |date=March 22, 2018 |access-date=July 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324191706/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-broadway-extension-millennium-line-stations-vancouver |archive-date=March 24, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |first=Kenneth |last=Chan |title=These are the finalized station names of the Broadway Subway |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-station-names-skytrain-millennium-line-extension |work=Daily Hive |date=September 17, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020}} It will be located at the southwest corner of the intersection of West Broadway and Laurel Street near Vancouver General Hospital in the Fairview neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Originally scheduled to open in 2025,{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-mayors-council-broadway-subway-surrey-lrt-march-2018 |title=It's official: Broadway Subway and Surrey LRT will be built in $7-billion transit plan |work=Daily Hive |date=March 16, 2018 |access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317033101/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-mayors-council-broadway-subway-surrey-lrt-march-2018 |archive-date=March 17, 2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension-station-designs |title=A new look at the station layouts of the Broadway Subway |work=Daily Hive |date=March 4, 2021 |access-date=October 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305051124/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension-station-designs |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |url-status=live}} the station's projected opening has been pushed back twice; as of May 2024, it is scheduled to open in late 2027.{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=November 24, 2022 |title=Broadway Subway opening delayed to 2026 |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension-opening-date |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125034617/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-millennium-line-extension-opening-date |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |access-date=November 25, 2022 |website=Daily Hive Vancouver |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=May 24, 2024 |title=Broadway Subway opening further delayed until Fall 2027 |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-opening-delayed-2027 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524202408/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/broadway-subway-skytrain-opening-delayed-2027 |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |access-date=May 28, 2024 |website=Daily Hive Vancouver |language=en}}

During planning, the station was known as Fairview–VGH.{{cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-broadway-subway-station-names-2019 |title=These are the proposed station names for SkyTrain's Broadway Extension |work=Daily Hive |date=July 3, 2019 |access-date=July 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704035403/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-broadway-subway-station-names-2019 |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |url-status=live}} On September 17, 2020, the station was renamed to include reference to the nearby Oak Street, only one block west of the station.{{cite web |first=Jennifer |last=Saltman |title=TransLink reveals permanent names for Broadway Subway stations |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/translink-reveals-permanent-names-for-broadway-subway-stations |work=Vancouver Sun |date=September 17, 2020 |access-date=September 17, 2020}}

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