Great Northern Way–Emily Carr station

Great Northern Way–Emily Carr is a planned underground station for the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.[1][2] It will be located at the intersection of Great Northern Way and Thornton Street adjacent to the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is scheduled to open in 2025.[3]

Great Northern Way–Emily Carr
SkyTrain station
LocationVancouver
Coordinates49.267032°N 123.094822°W / 49.267032; -123.094822
Owned byTransLink
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeSubway
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPlanned
Fare zone1
History
Opening2025
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station
toward Arbutus
Millennium Line Broadway extension
(opens 2025)

During planning, the station was known simply as Great Northern Way.[4] On September 17, 2020, the station was renamed to include reference to Emily Carr University.[5][6]

Structure and design

Similar to Olympic Village station, Great Northern Way–Emily Carr will be built in the staging pit used for the tunnel boring machine.[1]

References
  1. Chan, Kenneth (March 22, 2018). "These are the 6 stations of the Broadway Subway in Vancouver (VISUALS)". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on March 24, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  2. Chan, Kenneth (September 17, 2020). "These are the finalized station names of the Broadway Subway". Daily Hive. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  3. Chan, Kenneth (March 16, 2018). "It's official: Broadway Subway and Surrey LRT will be built in $7-billion transit plan". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on March 17, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  4. Chan, Kenneth (July 3, 2019). "These are the proposed station names for SkyTrain's Broadway Extension". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019.
  5. Saltman, Jennifer (September 17, 2020). "TransLink reveals permanent names for Broadway Subway stations". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  6. "Broadway Subway station name to feature Emily Carr". The Buzzer blog. September 17, 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2020.


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