I'm excited about the Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension, which extends the Expo Line and provides a one-seat ride from Langley City to Downtown Vancouver. Langley City will be served by two stations (Willowbrook and Langley City Centre.)
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| Langley City Centre SkyTrain Station view from 203rd Street. Select the rendering to enlarge. |
Langley City's Advisory Design Panel and City Council recently reviewed the design of the Langley City Centre Station. This station has some great features, making it unique among the new stations the province is building for the extension.
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| Langley City Centre SkyTrain Station landscaping plan. Select the rendering to enlarge. |
The first is that the station is designed for high capacity. The station will have a centre platform, two sets of up/down escalators, and two elevators. It will have two entrances, one on the west and another on the east. While I've heard some folks talk about parks and rides, almost all SkyTrain riders start their journey on foot/wheeling or by bus. Park and rides are not a part of any of the new SkyTrain stations. Langley City Centre Station will accommodate a significant transit exchange that can support Bus Rapid Transit. Langley City is a highly walkable community.
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| Langley City Centre SkyTrain Station transit exchange. Select the rendering to enlarge. |
The station will also have a transit police office, secure bike parking, washrooms, and a retail outlet.
The station will also have a plaza on the south with many shade trees. Over time, I expect people will construct mixed-use buildings to the immediate south of the station.
As part of the SkyTrain project and to support improved access, the province and City are extending Industrial Avenue to 203A Street and 203A Street to Fraser Highway.
The station's construction and finishing materials will be durable and resistant to vandalism. The station will also feature a lot of glass to improve safety, ensuring no hidden spaces.
The station will feature public art and design features, such as a wave design in the concrete sidewalks that symbolize the Nicomekl River and will extend along all of Industrial Avenue.
3 comments:
Nathan,I'm just curious whether you start every workday on foot to get to where you catch a bus to get the rest of the way,or if a ny thought has been given to ,say a mom with two small kids biking it to day care with the kids before going to work or even grocery
shopping on a bike.Langley may bikeable in theory but not practical for most people.Any bike lanes we have so far are empty as far as I've ever seen.Thanks
Having a parkade would have been a worthwhile addition to the area so that a person could drive to a station and park then take Skytrain but that seems to be outside the scope of Translink to even entertain that idea. Not having a parkade is one less avenue for users to use.
The price of the skytrain would jump by another billion dollars if you let the public sector try and build a parkade
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