22nd Street is an elevated station on the
Expo Line of
Metro Vancouver
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's
SkyTrain rapid transit
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system. It is located on 7th Avenue and 22nd Street in the Connaught Heights neighbourhood of
New Westminster
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, British Columbia, Canada. Due to its proximity to the Queensborough interchange, where the
Queensborough Bridge meets with Stewardson and Marine Ways, the station serves as a hub for regional bus routes.
History
22nd Street station was opened in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line). The
Austria
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n architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn was responsible for designing the station.
In 2002,
Millennium Line
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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.
In February 2019, upgrades began on the station's bus exchange, which included adding enhanced lighting and a larger waiting area to reduce overcrowding. In April 2019, TransLink installed its first-ever charging station for its future fleet of
battery electric bus
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Battery electric buses offer the potential for z ...
es at the station's bus exchange. Construction on the $2.8-million upgrade was completed in July 2019.
Services
* 22nd Street bus loop is the terminus for a number of various regional bus routes serving
Vancouver
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,
Surrey
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, North Delta,
Richmond
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and
Langley.
* Local connections to Queensborough Landing and Uptown New Westminster are also available at this station.
Station information
Entrances
22nd Street station is served by a single entrance facing west. The entrance, along with the bus loop that surrounds the stationhouse, is at a level slightly below 7th Avenue and is connected to the street by a ramp and stairs. An up escalator is provided for the westbound (inbound) platform only. Both platforms are wheelchair accessible via elevator.
Transit connections
22nd Street station offers an off-street transit exchange with on-street stops for
HandyDART and bus drop-offs eastbound on 7th Avenue. Bus bay assignment is as follows:
References
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Expo Line (SkyTrain) stations
Railway stations in Canada opened in 1985
SkyTrain stations in New Westminster
1985 establishments in British Columbia