Royal Oak station (SkyTrain)

Royal Oak is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue.

Royal Oak
SkyTrain station
Station entrance viewed from the southeast corner of Royal Oak Avenue and Beresford Street
General information
Location5199 Beresford Street, Burnaby
Coordinates49°13′12″N 122°59′18″W / 49.220004°N 122.988381°W / 49.220004; -122.988381
Owned byTransLink
PlatformsCentre platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
ArchitectArchitektengruppe U-Bahn
Other information
Station codeRO
Fare zone2
History
OpenedDecember 11, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-12-11)
Passengers
2023[1]1,729,200 Increase 19.9%
Rank30 of 53
Services
Preceding station TransLink Following station
Metrotown
towards Waterfront
Expo Line Edmonds
Platform level looking towards Metrotown town centre

History

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Royal Oak 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.[2][3]

In 2002, Millennium Line 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 Production Way–University station in 2016.

Station information

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Entrances

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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.[4]

Transit connections

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Royal Oak is served by one bus connection: a community shuttle route to Edmonds station.[5]

Stop number Routes
59781

References

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  1. ^ "2023 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Summaries". tableau.com. TransLink. April 17, 2024. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
  2. ^ Pabillano, Jhenifer (February 21, 2011). "1982 SkyTrain station concept drawings!". The Buzzer Blog. TransLink. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "U-Bahn Vancouver". Architektengruppe U-Bahn. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  4. ^ TransLink. Royal Oak Station Entrance Location (PDF) (Map). Retrieved March 31, 2019.
  5. ^ TransLink (December 2016). Royal Oak Station (PDF) (Map). Retrieved November 19, 2016.