Brentwood Town Centre Station
Encyclopedia
Brentwood Town Centre Station (sometimes abbreviated as Brentwood Station) is located on an elevated portion of the Millennium Line
. The station is a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain
rapid transit
system, and is one of the busier stations on the Millennium Line.
The station is located near the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Willingdon Avenue in Burnaby.
and Gilmore Station
, that features a concourse level.
The station is built using a combination of wood and steel, customly designed to provide a curved appearance. The extensive use of glass for the outer wall make the station glow at night. On May 11, 2002, Perkins+Will Canada, designers of the station, were honoured for their work with a Governor General's Medal in Architecture.
North Entrance Mall/Bus Loop Access connects the Brentwood Town Centre
mall, bus loop, and the station with a long ramp and walkway. The walkway enters the station at the north end of the concourse level, and it is completely covered and weather protected. See Brentwood Town Centre Station#Transit exchange for a list of connections.
South Entrance is a stair-only access connecting the station concourse with the sidewalk on the south side of Lougheed Highway. This entrance provides alternative and potentially faster bus connections to various bus routes in the area.
Millennium Line
The Millennium Line is the second rapid transit line built in the SkyTrain light metro rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The line is owned and operated by TransLink. Millennium Line uses the colour yellow on route maps, wayfinding and station signage.-History:When...
. The station is a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain
SkyTrain (Vancouver)
SkyTrain is a light rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks, running mostly on elevated guideways, which helps SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability...
rapid transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...
system, and is one of the busier stations on the Millennium Line.
The station is located near the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Willingdon Avenue in Burnaby.
Service
- Brentwood Town Centre Station is a major connection point to local bus routes for north Burnaby, as well as regional routes connecting MetrotownMetrotownMetropolis at Metrotown is a shopping mall complex in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. With over 450 shops and services, it is the largest mall in British Columbia, and the 2nd largest in Canada...
, North Vancouver, and New Westminster. It is also a major connection point on Millennium Line serving BCIT. - The station is directly adjacent to Brentwood Town CentreBrentwood Town CentreBrentwood Town Centre is a shopping mall in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is located in North Burnaby, at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and the Lougheed Highway, approximately 1.5 kilometres from Vancouver city limits. It is also very close to the British Columbia Institute of Technology ...
, a mid-size shopping mall, with stores like Sears CanadaSears CanadaSears Canada Inc. is a retailer, headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, that operates in all provinces and territories across Canada with a network of 196 corporate stores, 195 dealer stores, 38 home improvement showrooms, 108 Sears Travel offices and a nationwide home maintenance, repair, and...
, London DrugsLondon DrugsLondon Drugs is a chain of Canadian retail stores with headquarters in Richmond, British Columbia. Its primary focus is on pharmaceuticals, electronics, housewares and cosmetics, with a limited selection of grocery items...
and ZellersZellersZellers Inc. is Canada's second-largest chain of mass merchandise discount stores, with locations in communities across Canada. A subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company , it has 273 locations across the country....
. - Brentwood Town Centre is one of the possible terminus for the proposed 91 B-Line91 B-LineThe 91 B-Line is a future bus rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, Canada that was outlined in the 2005 Vancouver/UBC Transit Plan for implementation in December 2009. It will replace the 43 Express Line that travels along 41st Avenue, a major east-west route, and connects the University of...
.
Design
Brentwood Town Centre station is located directly above Lougheed Highway. It is the only station in the system that is built on median, with the entire station footprint located directly above a roadway. The station is also designed to serve as a pedestrian overpass across Lougheed Highway, which requires the station platforms to be high above the roadway and a mezzazzine/concourse to be built below the platform level. The station is one of the only three on Millennium Line, beside Lougheed Town Centre StationLougheed Town Centre Station
Lougheed Town Centre Station is a station on the Millennium Line, part of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia.-Location:...
and Gilmore Station
Gilmore Station
Gilmore Station is a station on the Millennium Line of the SkyTrain system in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. The station is located at Gilmore Avenue and Dawson Street...
, that features a concourse level.
The station is built using a combination of wood and steel, customly designed to provide a curved appearance. The extensive use of glass for the outer wall make the station glow at night. On May 11, 2002, Perkins+Will Canada, designers of the station, were honoured for their work with a Governor General's Medal in Architecture.
Station layout
| T | Train Level | |
|---|---|---|
| C | Concourse Level | Connecting the north and south ends of Lougheed Highway |
| S | Street Level |
Station entrances and connections
North Entrance contains a set of stairs and an elevator connecting the station concourse with the sidewalk on the north side of Lougheed Highway. A bus stop located directly in front of the entrance provides a drop-off for faster SkyTrain connection without the need of going to the bus loop. The stop serves the routes:-
- 136 Brentwood Station
- N9 Downtown Night Bus
- HandyDart
North Entrance Mall/Bus Loop Access connects the Brentwood Town Centre
Brentwood Town Centre
Brentwood Town Centre is a shopping mall in Burnaby, British Columbia. It is located in North Burnaby, at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and the Lougheed Highway, approximately 1.5 kilometres from Vancouver city limits. It is also very close to the British Columbia Institute of Technology ...
mall, bus loop, and the station with a long ramp and walkway. The walkway enters the station at the north end of the concourse level, and it is completely covered and weather protected. See Brentwood Town Centre Station#Transit exchange for a list of connections.
South Entrance is a stair-only access connecting the station concourse with the sidewalk on the south side of Lougheed Highway. This entrance provides alternative and potentially faster bus connections to various bus routes in the area.
- Transit connection on Lougheed Highway eastbound, near the entrance of the station:
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- 136 Lougheed Station
- N9 Coquitlam Station Night Bus
- The stop on northbound Willingdon Avenue near the station entrance serves routes one stop before the transit exchange:
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- 25 Brentwood Station
- 123 Brentwood Station
- 130 To Hastings / Phibbs Exchange / Capilano University
- The stop on southbound Willingdon Avenue serves routes one stop after the transit exchange:
-
- 25 UBC
- 123 New Westminster Station
- 130 Metrotown Station
Transit exchange
Brentwood Town Centre Station provides an partial off-street transit exchange beside the Willingdon Street mall entrance. Bus bay assignments is as follows:| Bay | Location | Routes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bus Loop / Willingdon Avenue Northbound |
Unload Only |
| 2 | Bus Loop / Willingdon Avenue Northbound |
130 To Hastings / Phibbs Exchange Phibbs Exchange Phibbs Exchange is the major transit exchange for the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Part of the TransLink system, it is home to routes serving North Vancouver and some parts of the city of Vancouver... / Capilano University |
| 3 | Bus Loop | 123 New Westminster Station New Westminster Station New Westminster Station is located at Columbia Street and 8th Street in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, and was the original eastern terminus of SkyTrain until 1989 prior to the partial completion and opening of the phase two extension of SkyTrain to Surrey.-History:The station was... |
| 4 | Bus Loop | 136 Lougheed Station |
| 5 | Bus Loop | 25 UBC UBC - Universities :* University of British Columbia, a major Canadian university with its main campus in Greater Vancouver* UBC Okanagan, the campus in Kelowna, British Columbia* UBC Thunderbirds, the athletic program of the main campus- Athletics :... |
| 6 | Bus Loop | 134 Lake City Station Lake City Way Station Lake City Way Station is a station on the Millennium Line of the SkyTrain system in Metro Vancouver, Canada. The station is located at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Lake City Way in Burnaby, British Columbia, and serves several industrial companies and television studios nearby including... |
| 7 | Willingdon Avenue Southbound |
130 Metrotown Station Metrotown Station Metrotown Station is an elevated SkyTrain station on the Expo Line in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is the second-busiest station in the SkyTrain system. The station is located on the south side of Central Boulevard, east of Willingdon Avenue.... |