Canada Line - Route

Route

Canada Line
Legend
SeaBus ( Lonsdale Quay )
West Coast Express ( Mission )
SkyTrain Expo/Millennium lines
Waterfront
SkyTrain ( King George/VCC–Clark )
Vancouver City Centre
Yaletown–Roundhouse
False Creek
Olympic Village
Broadway – City Hall( 99 B-Line )
King Edward
33rd Avenue(proposed)
Oakridge – 41st Avenue
Langara – 49th Avenue
57th Avenue(proposed)
64th Avenue Portal
Marine Drive
North Arm Bridge (Fraser River)
Vancouver Zone 1 / Richmond Zone 2
Operations and maintenance centre
Highway 99
Bridgeport( regional buses )
Aberdeen
Lansdowne
Richmond–Brighouse
Middle Arm Bridge (Fraser River)
Grant McConachie Way
Templeton
Sea Island Centre
YVR 3(proposed)
YVR–Airport
Vancouver International Airport

The Canada Line begins in Downtown Vancouver at Waterfront Station (0.0 km) in a cut-and-cover subway tunnel beneath Granville Street. It quickly transitions into twin bored tunnels, heading southwest beneath Granville Street, then curving southeast to follow Davie Street through Yaletown. The tunnels then dive deeper to pass below False Creek before rising back up to Olympic Village Station (2.7 km). There, the line transitions back to a cut-and-cover tunnel (which is noted by the tunnel going from being circular to square shaped) heading south under Cambie Street, some portions of which have the two sets of tracks stacked vertically on separate levels. The line finally emerges from the ground just south of 64th Avenue, climbing to an elevated guideway.

The line continues elevated across the North Arm Bridge over the North Arm of the Fraser River, leaving Vancouver and entering Richmond. Just beyond Bridgeport Station (11.1 km), the line splits, with the Richmond branch heading south on elevated tracks along No. 3 Road and terminating at Richmond–Brighouse Station (14.5 km). The airport branch turns west and crosses the Middle Arm Bridge over the Middle Arm of the Fraser River, connecting to stations on Sea Island and terminating at YVR–Airport Station (15.0 km). Portions of the airport branch are at-grade in order to accommodate a future elevated taxiway for aircraft over the line. Both branches narrow to a single track as they approach their respective terminus stations. Just before the Bridgeport Station is the OMC (Operations and Maintenance Centre) facility which houses the trains when not in use.

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