68-727: Surrey Central is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver 's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located in the Whalley / City Centre district of Surrey , British Columbia, Canada, just east of the North Surrey Recreation Centre. The station is within walking distance of the Central City shopping centre , Surrey City Hall, and SFU Surrey , the Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University. Surrey Central station
136-594: A 4-kilometre (2.5 mi) second extension, or Phase III, began in late 1991 and opened on March 28, 1994, adding three stations in Surrey 's City Centre district in Whalley . Private partnerships with surrounding businesses in the community led to the then-new stations having a different appearance from the rest of the Expo Line. This extension set one of the Expo Line's current eastern terminus at King George station. It also added Gateway and Surrey Central stations. In 2002,
204-655: A depth of 15 to 20 metres (49 to 66 ft) below the surface. The two machines were named Elsie and Phyllis, honoring two influential Vancouver residents: aeronautical engineer Elsie MacGill and mountaineer Phyllis Munday . Elsie began tunneling the eastbound tunnel from Great Northern Way–Emily Carr station in October 2022, with Phyllis beginning work on the westbound tunnel in late November. Both machines had reached Broadway–City Hall station by May 26, 2023, and South Granville station by February 8, 2024. Phyllis completed boring at Arbutus station on March 20, 2024, and
272-505: A lack of standardized parts, and the wish to introduce automated computer technology to drive the trains. Following the demonstration project, construction of the first phase of the Expo Line between Vancouver and New Westminster got under way in mid-1983, with guideway construction nearing completion by late 1984, and station construction beginning in early 1985. On December 11, 1985, SkyTrain began providing free weekend service, with full revenue service opening on January 3, 1986. Phase I
340-491: A plan to have a contractor selected by April 2020 to allow for construction to begin later that year. On July 17, 2020, the provincial Ministry of Transportation announced that Acciona Infrastructure , a Spanish conglomerate, and Ghella , an Italian company, would be in charge of construction. Demolition of buildings, to make room for station entrances and construction staging areas, began in February 2021. Major construction on
408-601: A proposed route for the extension: the line would continue west under Broadway, with stations at Macdonald and Alma Streets. It would then deviate slightly north to a station serving the redevelopment at the Jericho Lands . In the University Endowment Lands , the line would either take an elevated route following University Boulevard, or a tunnelled route underneath the University Golf Club , to get to UBC at
476-486: A short spur east of Columbia station, which was later incorporated into the new Millennium Line. In 1995, the British Columbia government announced that an entirely new line, a street-level light rail line, would be built along Broadway and Lougheed Highway to Lougheed Mall (served by Lougheed Town Centre station ), as the first phase of the "T"-Line (one of three Intermediate Capacity Transit System lines) outlined in
544-835: A station under the University Boulevard bus loop. The station locations at Macdonald Street, Alma Street, and the Jericho Lands were approved by the Vancouver City Council in March 2022. When the Evergreen Extension was built, the first few metres of track and a track switch to allow for an eventual eastward extension to Port Coquitlam were built at Coquitlam Central station . This would create two branches where trains would alternate between going east to Lafarge Lake–Douglas station or to Port Coquitlam. A feasibility study
612-450: A tunnel and then elevated until it terminates at Production Way–University in Burnaby. From just west of Nanaimo station all the way to New Westminster station, the Expo Line follows BC Electric's former Central Park Line, which carried interurbans between Vancouver and New Westminster from 1890 to the early 1950s. What is now known as SkyTrain began as a demonstration project to showcase
680-467: A westbound Millennium Line train. For passengers arriving eastbound at Lougheed, transfers between eastbound Millennium and Expo Line trains were now same-platform. TransLink stated the change to traditional right-track running would provide faster and more reliable trips for passengers as the many track changes the initial service pattern required had resulted in delays. When the Expo Line was opened in 1985, an extension to Lougheed Mall in east Burnaby
748-424: Is elevated to Burquitlam station , where it then goes through a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) bored tunnel to the city of Port Moody . In Port Moody, the line runs at grade level, rising to cross railway tracks. From Coquitlam Central station , the line is elevated to the terminus at Lafarge Lake–Douglas station. When the Evergreen Extension opened in late 2016, eastbound trains crossed the westbound tracks to access
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#1732851395339816-607: Is the oldest line of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia , Canada. The line is owned and operated by BC Rapid Transit Company, a subsidiary of TransLink , and links the cities of Vancouver , Burnaby , New Westminster and Surrey . The line was originally known only as "the SkyTrain" from its inception in 1985 until 2002, as it was the system's only line during this time. In 2002, after
884-595: Is the second line of the SkyTrain rapid transit system in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia , Canada. The line is owned and operated by BC Rapid Transit Company, a subsidiary of TransLink , and links the cities of Vancouver , Burnaby , Coquitlam and Port Moody . The line was opened in 2002 and was named in recognition of the new millennium . The Millennium Line operates from VCC–Clark station in Vancouver to Lafarge Lake–Douglas station in Coquitlam. The line
952-503: The 2020 provincial election campaign, the BC NDP pledged to work with senior levels of government to obtain the $ 1.5 billion needed to complete the full extension to Langley. On July 9, 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that the federal government would provide up to $ 1.3 billion to build the SkyTrain extension to Langley in a single phase. At that time, the cost of
1020-496: The Metro Vancouver Transit Police can be found patrolling the bus loop and SkyTrain platform in an effort to reduce crime and disorder, with supplemental volunteers patrolling the area and reporting any suspicious or dangerous behaviour. By the mid-2010s, with extensive police patrols and redevelopment of the area, violent crimes shifted from Whalley south to Newton, which has taken over the area's reputation of being
1088-692: The Millennium Line opened and shared the same track alignment with the Expo Line from Waterfront station in Downtown Vancouver to Columbia station in New Westminster . At Columbia, the two lines diverged, with the Expo Line crossing the Fraser River towards Surrey City Centre and the Millennium Line entering a short tunnel towards northeastern New Westminster and North Burnaby. In late 2016,
1156-534: The Urban Transportation Development Corporation (now part of Bombardier ). Construction began on March 1, 1982, and was completed in early 1983. The demonstration project consisted of just one station and about one kilometre of guideway with no switches. This original station was not "named" during this time as it was the only station, but then in 1985 opened as Main Street station . As it
1224-633: The 80-metre (260 ft) length of the Mark V trainsets, but no service interruptions will be necessary. The Surrey Langley SkyTrain Project is a 16-kilometre (9.9 mi) elevated extension of the Expo Line from King George SkyTrain Station in Surrey to 203 Street in Langley City, routed mostly along Fraser Highway. Anticipated to open in late 2028, it will be built in one phase (a change from earlier plans) and include
1292-623: The City of Surrey and TransLink agreed to have Surrey Central station participate in the GVTA's Urban Transit Village program. The Transit Villages were defined by TransLink as "a new approach to station design and access." While the original schedule called for construction to be completed by the second quarter of 2007, nothing beyond design plans were completed. The Surrey Central plan specifically called for improvements in four areas: station access, street design, King George Boulevard, and land use. Officers from
1360-451: The Expo Line. The $ 1.65 billion in funding that was earmarked for the light rail project was intended to be used to construct part of this extension to Langley but was insufficient to fund the entire extension, with $ 1.9 billion more needed to complete the project. The existing funding would extend the line 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to Fleetwood in Surrey and add 4 new stations, terminating at 166th Street. On July 25, 2019,
1428-514: The Mayors' Council voted to extend the Expo Line to Fleetwood using the existing funds. The council also voted to proceed with preparing a detailed business case for the full Surrey–Langley SkyTrain extension, which was expected to be completed by early 2020. If approved by the end of the third quarter of 2020, construction would have started in early 2022, with revenue service to Fleetwood projected to have started in late 2025. On October 8, 2020, during
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#17328513953391496-556: The Metro Vancouver's Livable Region Strategic Plan that extended into Coquitlam . An 18-month review of rapid transit was scheduled and started in January 1998 but was cut short by the government's announcement of its choice of Bombardier's technology in June 1998. This meant that the first phase of the line would have to connect to the existing Expo Line to use its maintenance yard. Connecting
1564-421: The Millennium Line. On June 25, 2018, service patterns were changed to eliminate all left-track running. This change meant passengers arriving westbound at Lougheed on the Expo Line who wished to continue towards VCC–Clark could either change platforms at Lougheed or remain on their Expo Line train until its terminus at the next station, Production Way–University , where they could make a same-platform transfer to
1632-560: The Port Moody–Coquitlam (PMC) Line), which would have provided a "one-seat ride" from Coquitlam to VCC–Clark station. A short spur and switches to the PMC Line were installed to the east of Lougheed Town Centre station and a third platform was roughed-in in anticipation of the extension. Phase II was placed on hold following a change in provincial government. A SkyTrain extension from Lougheed Town Centre station to Coquitlam Town Centre
1700-702: The SkyTrain system underwent a service change in preparation for the opening of the Evergreen Extension , resulting in a new branch of the Expo Line serving four stations that were originally built for the Millennium Line. On October 22, 2016, this branch began service from Columbia to Sapperton , Braid , Lougheed Town Centre , and Production Way–University stations, while the Millennium Line began running between VCC–Clark and Lougheed Town Centre (and later, Lafarge Lake–Douglas ) stations, effectively ending nearly 15 years of Millennium Line service between Waterfront and Braid. The main Expo Line service between Waterfront and King George stations remained in place, operating at
1768-540: The SkyTrain yards at Edmonds station in Burnaby . The line travels underground for a short stretch between New Westminster and Columbia stations. Just east of Columbia is a junction where the line splits. One branch crosses the Fraser River , via the SkyBridge , and is elevated for the rest of its run through Surrey , with King George as its terminus station. The other branch continues through New Westminster, first through
1836-650: The South of Fraser region. In addition to SkyTrain, light rail and bus rapid transit were also in consideration. In 2016, TransLink was building dual business cases for LRT and SkyTrain technologies. In November 2018, following a change of government in Surrey, the Metro Vancouver Mayors' Council voted to indefinitely suspend the at-grade Surrey light rail project in favour of extending the Expo Line from King George station to Langley City . This extension would be 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) long and add eight stations to
1904-452: The Surrey section of the Expo Line. In 2009, it was estimated that ridership had grown to at least 80,000 passengers per day. Initially, the Millennium Line service followed the Expo Line from Waterfront to Columbia stations, then looped back into Vancouver via the new route, passing through Commercial–Broadway again at a different platform, and terminating at VCC–Clark station. After a reconfiguration on October 22, 2016, in preparation for
1972-423: The carpeting, wax floors of the same colour were installed between 1992 and 1993. In the planning of the original line, a proposed future station at Boundary Road and Kingsway, or "Boundary station" was to be included to serve employees of BCTel. However, the proposal was scrapped largely due to a fear of the station attracting crime to the neighbourhood and noise-level concerns. The first extension, or Phase II,
2040-524: The exception of the original ICTS guideway, no other part of the Expo Line required retrofitting for strength in order to accommodate the Mark II cars. After the 1983 preview closed, the single pair of demonstration cars were sent back to Ontario, which have since served as test trains for the UTDC. The subsequent trains ordered for Expo were designed slightly differently from the demo train set because of issues such as
2108-425: The extension began on May 13, 2021. "Traffic decks" began to be installed over Mount Pleasant, Broadway–City Hall, Oak–VGH, South Granville, and Arbutus stations, to avoid closing Broadway while station construction takes place underneath. Construction of the elevated guideway at the eastern end of the extension began on December 13, 2021. This 700-metre-long (2,300 ft) guideway is the only above-ground portion of
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2176-471: The extension, and connects the existing VCC–Clark station to a tunnel portal adjacent to the Emily Carr University of Art and Design . The tunnel boring machines for the project were delivered to Vancouver between April and June 2022. Two identical machines, each 6 metres (20 ft) in diameter and 150 metres (490 ft) in length, would dig about 18 metres (59 ft) of tunnel per day, at
2244-508: The extension, to facilitate higher ridership, shorten travel times and to integrate seamlessly with the existing SkyTrain network. As a result, the junction tracks and roughed-in third platform at Lougheed Town Centre station were used as part of the Evergreen Extension. Construction of the Evergreen Extension began in 2013 and was completed in late 2016. The extension opened for revenue service on December 2, 2016. On March 16, 2018,
2312-411: The first few years of revenue service until the early 1990s, all trains were lined with carpeting, and train doors did not open automatically but rather at the push of buttons on the interior and exterior of the trains when docked in stations. This on-demand system reflected the small-scale ridership SkyTrain had before Vancouver experienced a major population boost. Due to an inability to steadily maintain
2380-632: The following eight stations: The 2008 Provincial Transit Plan included a 6-kilometre (3.7 mi) extension from King George station in Surrey east to Guildford , then along 152 Street to Fraser Highway and southeast to 168 Street; a further extension to Willowbrook Shopping Centre in Langley Township was also included in the plan. In 2011, as part of phase 2 of the Surrey Rapid Transit Study, different possibilities were examined for expanding rapid transit along multiple corridors in
2448-438: The line was extended to its present terminus, VCC–Clark station , on January 6, 2006. The Millennium Line was now completed at a cost of $ 1.2 billion, $ 40 million under budget. In 2007, the non-interlined portion of the Millennium Line served an average of 70,000 passengers per day. Of these, 14,000 passengers arrived on trains travelling from Expo Line stations west of Columbia station, and 7,000 transferred from
2516-516: The main site of the world's fair, to the Canadian pavilion at Waterfront station. Waterfront station was divided in two, with a fence going down the centre of the platform. One side of the platform was used exclusively for the shuttles, and was accessible only from the Canada Place entrance, while the other side was only for revenue service and was only accessible from the main entrance to the east. For
2584-400: The most dangerous part of Surrey. In March 2017, station upgrades started on Surrey Central station to create two new entrances on the north side of the station at Central Avenue and City Parkway to reduce congestion. Accessibility and lighting was also improved with three additional escalators and an elevator. Construction work was completed in February 2019, and the new stationhouse opened to
2652-578: The new northernmost platform (Platform 3) at Lougheed Town Centre station. Trains then operated left-track running to a crossover junction just before Burquitlam Station, where trains crossed back to right-track running. Westbound Millennium Line trains crossed over to left-hand running just south of Burquitlam station, which allowed them to access westbound Platform 2 at Lougheed Town Centre station. This unusual service design allowed same-platform interchange for Expo Line passengers arriving at Lougheed Town Centre and continuing west towards VCC–Clark station on
2720-524: The newly developed linear induction propulsion technology to Vancouver and other prospective cities throughout the world. Although Toronto's Scarborough RT was completed before the Expo Line in 1985, the ICTS demonstration was the first system to use SkyTrain technology. The Intermediate Capacity Transit System (ICTS) demonstration was built using the Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) technology developed by
2788-446: The opening of the Evergreen Extension , the Millennium Line ran between VCC–Clark station in the west to Lougheed Town Centre station in the east. Transfers to the Expo Line were now made possible at Production Way–University and Lougheed Town Centre stations. Braid and Sapperton stations were reassigned to the Expo Line. The second phase of the Millennium Line was to be an extension from Lougheed Mall to Coquitlam (then known as
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2856-606: The opening of the system's second line, the Millennium Line , the original line was given the name "Expo Line". The new name was in recognition of Expo 86 (the World's Fair that Vancouver hosted in 1986) as the transit system had been built in large part as a showcase and an attraction for that fair. The line is elevated from Stadium–Chinatown to New Westminster stations, except for short at-grade sections between Nanaimo and Joyce–Collingwood stations in East Vancouver , and around
2924-501: The previous Mark III trains; however, each train will have an additional carriage and will have more internal space. Each five-car Mark V train will be able to hold 672 passengers regularly, both seated and standing, with a potential crush capacity of up to 1,207 passengers. The order will provide for both an increase in the number of trainsets and ultimately a total replacement of the mid-1980s to early 1990s Mark I rolling stock. Construction will be required at some stations to accommodate
2992-529: The prior two days), with trains operating between Waterfront station on the Expo Line and Braid station in eastern New Westminster. For the second phase, service was extended to Commercial Drive station (since merged with Broadway station to form Commercial–Broadway ) on August 31, 2002 (with full integration with the bus network occurring on September 3, 2002). Lake City Way station , located between Sperling–Burnaby Lake and Production Way–University stations, opened on November 21, 2003. Three years later,
3060-406: The production trains. The whereabouts of these trains is unknown. The ICTS guideway was retrofitted during the construction of the Millennium Line to accommodate the heavier weight Mark II cars. This was done by adding additional steel-reinforced concrete beams to the columns where they support the guideway. These are clearly visible when driving or walking on Terminal Avenue under the guideway. With
3128-421: The project was estimated between $ 3.8 and $ 3.95 billion in total, more than $ 650 million in excess of the earlier $ 3.13 billion estimate from TransLink, with the rest of the funding being split between TransLink and the provincial government. The full extension to Langley was planned to be constructed as a single project rather than in two phases and is scheduled to open in 2028. In July 2022,
3196-408: The project: Preliminary work on the extension began on February 19, 2019, with the installation of trolley poles and wires on 12th Avenue between Arbutus and Granville Streets that were required in order to reroute trolley buses off of Broadway for the duration of the construction of the subway. On June 22, 2020, trolleybuses were removed from Broadway. The provincial government initially had
3264-415: The provincial government approved the construction of the "Broadway Subway Project", an initiative which will extend the Millennium Line west to Arbutus Street and add six new stations. The extension will be 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) long, all but 700 metres (2,300 ft) of which will be underground, and cost an estimated $ 2.83 billion. Originally scheduled for a 2025 opening, the expected opening
3332-399: The provincial government officially approved this one-phase plan. Procurement for contractors was slated to start later in 2022, with major construction expected to begin in 2024. On March 7, 2024, the provincial Ministry of Transportation announced that SkyLink Guideway Partners had been selected to build the elevated guideway for the extension. Millennium Line The Millennium Line
3400-559: The public in March 2019. Surrey Central station is a transfer point for several bus routes that serve various areas of Surrey, White Rock , North Delta and Langley . Surrey Central station was designed by Musson Cattell Mackey Architects and includes a series of references to Victorian-style train sheds , which the Vancouver Sun criticized as "attempts to create instant heritage where none exists". Bus bay assignments are as follows: Expo Line (SkyTrain) The Expo Line
3468-620: The rest of the SkyTrain network. The 2023 fleet consists of six-car Mark I trains using the Innovia ART 100, two- and four-car Mark II trains (operating in coupled pairs of two cars) using the Innovia ART 200, and four-car Mark III trains using the Innovia Metro 300. Before the purchase of some Mark II vehicles in 2009, the Expo line was operating at capacity while carrying 12,000 passengers per hour per direction (pphpd). Its ultimate design capacity
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#17328513953393536-454: The same frequency levels. The Expo Line uses a fleet of Innovia ART and Innovia Metro trains built by Bombardier Transportation (now Alstom ). Like the Millennium Line, the trains are powered by linear induction motors rather than the conventional electric (rotary) motors used on the Canada Line. Expo Line trains are operated by the same SelTrac automated train control system used in
3604-430: The south platform, what is now the eastbound platform. This car was not operational. The two-car train and single car mock up were of a different and unique design to all the production Mark I trains. The red tail lights were located on the bottom beside the headlights, instead of at the top. The end door and window were of a different design. As well, there were black panels on either side of the door, that are not found in
3672-509: The tunnel boring phase was fully completed when Elsie reached Arbutus on April 26, 2024. On January 14, 2008, the Government of British Columbia announced a commitment to the expansion of the Millennium Line to the University of British Columbia (UBC) by 2020 as part of a $ 14-billion transit spending package to address global warming . It was not clear what route the new line would take, but it
3740-541: The two lines at Broadway station was deemed impracticable, so the lines were connected in New Westminster. Switches to the Millennium Line were installed on the Expo Line just east of Columbia station. Expo Line service was reduced to a single track over the Skybridge during the installation of these switches. The Millennium Line opened for revenue service on January 7, 2002 (a preview for SkyTrain passengers took place on
3808-461: The west end of the platform where the Vancity head office now stands. The ICTS guideway was built differently from the rest of the Expo Line. The columns were different especially with how they are joined with the guideway. The walkway between the two tracks is of a different but also inferior design from the Expo Line, and it is showing signs of rust that come with the older age of the guideway. There
3876-411: The winning entry in a public contest. Over the years, the station has earned a reputation for being unsafe and a magnet for crime, including violence and drug trafficking. In 2009, it had the second-highest number of violent crimes in the SkyTrain system (with Commercial–Broadway station having the highest). In an effort to combat the station's rundown image, and to show off experimental urban design,
3944-442: Was 19,400 pphpd using six-car Mark I trains operating at 93-second headways. However, exclusively operating a fleet of five-car trains would increase the capacity to 25,700 pphpd if Mark II trains were used. Several options have been considered over the system's history to increase capacity on the Expo Line, including: In late 2020, TransLink ordered 41 Alstom Mark V trainsets in five-car configurations. These trains are based on
4012-421: Was 21.4 kilometres (13.3 mi) in length, starting at Waterfront station and terminating at New Westminster station . The newly built system had limited Sunday service until 1990, and shorter revenue hours during weekdays than SkyTrain's current revenue schedule as of 2010. During Expo 86, special shuttle trains ran from a third track at Stadium station, where there was a connection to the monorail serving
4080-470: Was a showcase station, Main Street had a different initial design from other stations on the Expo Line that came after it. For example, glass was featured in the station's design, but was missing from other original Expo Line stations, except Stadium station (now Stadium–Chinatown) since it was tied to the Expo grounds. Having preceded other stations on the line by three years, Main Street–Science World
4148-587: Was hinted that there would be less use of cut-and-cover tunnelling to minimize disruption to businesses along Broadway and avoid the same problems seen during the Canada Line construction along Cambie Street . This expansion failed to materialize. On February 15, 2019, the TransLink Mayors' Council again approved an extension of the line to the UBC campus, although funding for this continuation past Arbutus Street had not yet been secured. In 2022, TransLink unveiled
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#17328513953394216-417: Was only a single two-car train running on the north westbound track. After passengers boarded, it ran east toward the end of the test guideway. At the eastern end, the train would stop and after a pause, reverse directions and return to the station. Since there were no switches, only the northern track was used and the train would run back and forth on the same track. There was also a single car mock up parked on
4284-476: Was opened in 1994 along with two other stations when the Expo Line was extended from Scott Road station farther into Whalley , to the "Surrey City Centre" district. Prior to the opening of the station, there was a bus loop on the site known as "Whalley Exchange", which opened in 1975. The station was briefly known as "Whalley Central" during planning; however, the name "Surrey Central" was chosen in December 1992 as
4352-428: Was proposed when the original Millennium Line was built and the necessary junction tracks for such an extension were built at the station during its initial construction. At one point prior to 2008, the mode planned for the extension was changed to light rail instead of SkyTrain, which meant that the junction tracks would have remained unused. However, in February 2008, plans reverted to the use of SkyTrain technology for
4420-421: Was proposed. The most likely junction point for the spur to Lougheed Mall would have been from Royal Oak station , up Edmonds Street to Lougheed Mall, although early SkyTrain route maps also suggested an extension northeast from New Westminster . Neither plan was realized, although the extension of Expo Line tracks to Columbia Station in 1989 and the completion of the SkyBridge to Surrey in 1990 resulted in
4488-539: Was pushed back to early 2026 in November 2022. The delay was caused by a labour dispute involving concrete workers which started in June 2022. On May 24, 2024, the province revealed that the project would be delayed further, to late 2027. While six new stations are confirmed for the Broadway extension, one will become part of the existing Broadway–City Hall Canada Line station, which is scheduled to be upgraded as part of
4556-423: Was split into two parts. Construction began in 1987, with Columbia station opening on February 14, 1989, adding 600 metres (2,000 ft) of guideway in the City of New Westminster. The second segment opened on March 16, 1990, and included Scott Road station in Surrey , crossing the Fraser River via the purpose-built, cable-stayed " SkyBridge ", adding 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) to the line. Construction of
4624-409: Was visibly older, and signs of rust and wear were showing before extensive renovations to the station were completed in 2014. The guideway for the showcase line was a straight section east of the station running over Terminal Avenue. It ended across from where the former Brussels Chocolate factory once was, located on Terminal. There was no guideway west of the station as the track ended immediately at
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