Royal Oak is an elevated station on the Expo Line of

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's SkyTrain

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system. The station is located at the intersection of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue in

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, British Columbia, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue.

History

Royal Oak station was opened in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line). The

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n architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn was responsible for designing the station. In 2002,

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service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to VCC–Clark station (originally Commercial–Broadway) via Columbia station in New Westminster. This service was discontinued and replaced with an Expo Line branch to

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in 2016.

Station information

Entrances

Royal Oak is served by a single entrance located on the south side of the station at the corner of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue. An elevator is available however there is no escalator to the platform level.

Transit connections

Royal Oak is served by one bus connection: a community shuttle route to Edmonds station.

References

{{TransLink Services Expo Line (SkyTrain) stations Railway stations in Canada opened in 1985 SkyTrain stations in Burnaby 1985 establishments in British Columbia