Yaletown-Roundhouse Station
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Yaletown–Roundhouse Station is a SkyTrain
SkyTrain (Vancouver)
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 station on the Canada Line
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 in Vancouver
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, British Columbia
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, Canada
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Location

The station is located on Davie Street at Mainland Street, approximately 80 metres northwest of Pacific Boulevard. The station is located 17 metres underground. The station serves the surrounding rapidly growing residential and retail areas of Yaletown
Yaletown
Yaletown is an area of Downtown Vancouver approximately bordered by False Creek, Robson, and Homer Streets. Formerly a heavy industrial area dominated by warehouses and rail yards, since the Expo 86, it has been transformed into one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods in the city...

 and Downtown South. The station's name derives from the neighbourhood's name, as well as its history as a former train hub (a community centre in the area is also called the Roundhouse).

Bus routes

C21 Beach
C21 Burrard Station (Peak only)
C23 Davie
C23 Main Street Station
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