Coquitlam Central Station
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Coquitlam Central Station is a station on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission, British Columbia, Canada. The station opened in 1995, when the West Coast Express began operating. Coquitlam Station is the current abbreviated name.
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[edit] Location
The station is located beside the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) tracks in Coquitlam, just west of the Lougheed Highway rail overpass. It is also adjacent to the Coquitlam Centre shopping mall.
[edit] Services
Coquitlam Station is served by five West Coast Express trains per day in each direction: five in the morning to Vancouver, and five in the evening to Mission. The station is also served by one "TrainBus" per day in each direction: one in the morning to Vancouver after all trains have departed, and one in the evening to Mission after all trains have departed. The station is adjacent to a major bus exchange and park-and-ride facility, which is served by 97 B-Line buses to Lougheed Town Centre Station and by local and express buses Community Shuttle minibuses. In addition, from 2011, the Evergreen Light Rapid Transit line will serve the station. All services are operated by TransLink.
[edit] History
The area around Coquitlam Centre Mall has been an important focal point for bus services since the 1970s. Prior to the early 1990s, buses converged along Pinetree Way north of the intersection of Lougheed and Barnet Highways. In the early 1990s, a bus exchange was built on the southwest corner of the intersection, in roughly the same location as the current exchange, which was built during or after construction of the adjacent West Coast Express station.
[edit] The next station is...
TERMINUS | ← NEXT STATION INBOUND | Coquitlam Central | NEXT STATION OUTBOUND → | TERMINUS | ||
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Lougheed Town Centre | Falcon | Evergreen Line (UNDER CONSTRUCTION) |
Lincoln | Coquitlam / Douglas* | ||
Waterfront | Port Moody | West Coast Express | Port Coquitlam | Mission | ||
*Terminus selection pending completion of planning stage |