What Skytrain stations have you never been to?

[Metro-One]

I was on the skytrain yesterday and i realized that despite riding it almost everyday there are many stations i have never embarked or disembarked at, only travelled through. I then thought it would be kind of fun for everyone to post the stations they have never set foot in to kind of get an idea of the most underutalized stations by the people on this forum

Expo:

Nanaimo
29th Ave
22nd St.
Gateway
King George

Millennium:

Sapperton
Lake City Way
Sperling-Burnaby lake
Holdom
Rupert
Renfrew
VCC-Clark

Cheers

[David]

I've actually thought about this a few times, its pretty funny

EXPO
Nanaimo
29th Ave
Royal Oak
Edmonds
22nd St

MILLENNIUM
Gilmore
Holdom
Lake City Way

[Yume-sama]

I have never actually been on the SkyTrain. I don't really leave downtown, and when I do it's to places public transit won't take me.

Though I might consider taking the train from the airport to downtown. Maybe.

[Metro-One]

You have never been on skytrain? Not even for fun!? No Metrotown shopping or walk around historical New West? I guess we can put all stations down for you then, hehe.

[twoNeurons]

I figure it doesn't really count if you're not going to/from a station for a reason (like going to a station for the sake of going to a station).

I've "USED" every station, though the ones I've used the least are probably:
Lake City
Sperling and
Holdom
Most of these times, I was dropped off at these stations when getting a ride from where I used to work.

Used to live in Surrey many moons ago, so I've used to/from all those stations, including Scott Road.

Used the New West Stations, including Sapperton (for the Hospital).

Have used Braid going to/from work.

As a destination I think for most people, it's hard to justify taking a trip to:

• Sperling
• Gateway
• Lake City
• 22nd St. Station
• 29th Ave Station
• Edmonds

I can't think of many reasons to go to these stations unless you work or live in one of these areas.

A list of reasons to visit each station:
EXPO Line

• King George (End of the Line, Transfer point to Cloverdale and Langley)
• Surrey Central (SFU Surrey, Surrey Centre Mall, Library, Rec Centre)
• Gateway (dunno... to see the burnt remains of Quattro Phase II?)
• Scott Road (Home Depot?, Transfer point for Delta and Ferries, Major Park n' Ride)
• Columbia (Transfer to M-Line, Downtown New West)
• New Westminster ( New West Quay, Downtown New West)
• 22nd St (Transfer point to Queensborough, Richmond, YVR via #101 bus)
• Edmonds (Nikkei Japanese Heritage Centre, Transfer point to Burnaby Museum?)
• Royal Oak (Dunno, NCIX Computers?, KFC?)
• Metrotown (hmmm...)
• Patterson (Central Park, Swangard)
• Joyce (Transfer Point to lots of places, UBC - #49, North Vancouver - #28)
• 29th Ave (Transfer to PNE, Coliseum - #16, UBC #33)
• Nanaimo (Transfer to UBC - #25)
• Broadway (Commercial Drive, Major Transit Hub)
• Main Street (Access to Heroin ::blech::, Chinatown, Amtrak and Greyhound, Science World etc.)
• Stadium (BC Place and Gm Place, Tinseltown)
• Granville (Downtown)
• Burrard (Downtown)
• Waterfront (Downtown, Transfer to Seabus)

M-Line

• VCC (VCC, Transfer to UBC)
• Commercial (Commercial Dr, Major Transit Hub)
• Renfrew (Transfer to PNE/Coliseum, Closest McDonald's to the line? )
• Rupert (Real Canadian Superstore, Petcetra, Close to Vancouver's 1st Wal-Mart )
• Gilmore (Transfer to North Van - #28)
• Brentwood (Brentwood Mall, Transfer to Metrotown, BCIT)
• Holdom (Rev Bowling Alley?)
• Sperling/Burnaby Lake (Burnaby Lake, 8-Rinks, Burnaby Rec Centre, Transfer to Metrotown?)
• Lake City Way (dunno... Winner of the LEAST useful station award)
• Production Way/University (Transfer to SFU, Used to have Costco, )
• Lougheed (Major Transit Hub for Tri-Cities, tonnes of Korean stores/grocery, Lougheed Mall)
• Braid (Transfer to Coquitlam, Ikea, Maple Ridge east along Lougheed)
• Sapperton (Royal Columbian Hospital)

Seems that there are lots of stations that you can transfer to UBC.

Anyone want to do the RAV Line or make any additions?

[Distill3d]

though i've only been here less than a year, i've traveled extensively on the SkyTrain network.

stops i haven't disembarked or embarked at:

Expo:

Royal Oak
Scott Road

Millenium:

Sperling/Burnaby Lake
Lake City Way
Production Way - University

[touraccuracy]

it'll be quick the list the ones i HAVE used:

waterfront
burrard
granville
stadium
main street
broadway
metrotown
new west
columbia
scott road
surrey centre
braid
lougheed
lake city way
commercial drive

okay that wasn't much quicker...

[nname]

Broadway - The only times I use that station is to transfer to Commerical Drive, never exit
Edmonds
Scott Road - Transfer to a train on the other side, never exit
Sapperton -Walked from SB to NB platform, but never exit
Lake City
Sperling
Gilmore
Renfrew
VCC-Clark - Visited it during the opening day, all other times are just take WB train there to make sure I got a seat when going EB

[fever]

I've used about half of the stations just one time. I don't remember using these

King George
Scott Road, maybe

Sapperton

Edmonds
Patterson
Joyce

[deasine]

0 haha =P

[twoNeurons]

Originally Posted by touraccuracy

it'll be quick the list the ones i HAVE used:

waterfront
burrard
granville
stadium
main street
broadway
metrotown
new west
columbia
scott road
surrey centre
braid
lougheed
lake city way
commercial drive

okay that wasn't much quicker...

What did you use Lake City Way for?

Originally Posted by nname

Broadway - The only times I use that station is to transfer to Commerical Drive, never exit
Edmonds
Scott Road - Transfer to a train on the other side, never exit
Sapperton -Walked from SB to NB platform, but never exit
Lake City
Sperling
Gilmore
Renfrew
VCC-Clark

I'm guessing that Scott Road and Sapperton are a case of getting on the wrong train and ending up on the wrong line....

[raggedy13]

Having never lived anywhere near Skytrain, I haven't really used it all that much in my life. Growing up in the distant suburbs I used it once or twice when little (my first time was probably my parents first time considering when it was built) and two or three times when in highschool.

Since moving in from the suburbs I probably use it on average once every 3-6 months. I have been meaning to use one of my days one weekend to go on a Skytrain trek and check out some of the stops/take pictures etc but I haven't quite got around to it yet. I know I'll be using the Canada Line more frequently for sure.

It'll be easier to post the stations I have used:

EXPO:

Waterfront
Burrard
Granville
Stadium
Main
Broadway
Joyce
Metrotown
New Westminster
Surrey Central
King George

M-LINE:

Commercial
Renfrew
(both used once in order to get a bus down Renfrew to a Giants game)

Anywho, I look forward to familiarizing myself more with the M-Line one of these days. I've been really wanting to check out Brentwood Station in person for some time now.

[giallo]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

I have never actually been on the SkyTrain. I don't really leave downtown, and when I do it's to places public transit won't take me.

Though I might consider taking the train from the airport to downtown. Maybe.

You should ride it as an urban enthusiast. Skytrain gives you a good idea of the sheer size of Metro Vancouver. I never get bored riding it. Shanghai's subway, on the other hand, bores me to tears.

[The_Henry_Man]

Never used:

E-Line:
Nanaimo
29th Ave
Patterson
22nd St
New West
Scott Rd
Gateway

M-Line:
Rupert
Sperling
Product Way/University
Lake City Way
Braid
Sapperton

[Pinion]

I've travelled east of Stadium station fewer than five times and I don't own a car. I went to Gateway in Surrey a few times for job interviews, but other than that I've had no reason to go farther than Metrotown. Never been on the M line.

I used to take the skytrain daily from Waterfront to Stadium but now I can walk to work from the seabus.

I can't imagine going any farther east on a regular basis. It gets so packed at Granville - I get claustrophobic.

[The_Henry_Man]

Originally Posted by tintinium

Anyone want to do the RAV Line or make any additions?

• Richmond-Brighouse
  - Richmond Centre, Richmond Public Market, London Plaza, Staples, Richmond City Hall, Richmond Public Library, Minoru Arenas/Pool, VanCity Building, major bus exchange for most of Richmond's local buses, End of C-Line

• Lansdowne
  - Lansdowne Mall, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richport Plaza (Chapters, Save on Foods etc), Alexandra Rd ("Food St"- entire street full of Chinese restaurants plus Jang Mo Jib. More well-known in HK than here), perhaps bus link to the Oval (?)

• Aberdeen
  - Aberdeen Mall, Parker Place, Empire Centre, President Plaza, Yaohan, Continental Mall, numerous other Chinese strip malls

• Bridgeport
  - River Rock Casino, major bus exchange for buses from South Delta/Surrey and White Rock and a few Richmond bus routes, future business towers

• Marine Drive
  - Major bus interchange for Vancouver local buses, Marpole residential area, various industrial parks south of the station

• Langara
  - Langara College, Langara/Oakridge residential area, Langara Golf Course, access to Punjabi market

• Oakridge
  - Oakridge Mall, Oakridge residential area, QE Park (bit of a walk), transfer point to future 91 B-Line

• King Edward
  - Cambie Village, residential area, QE Park (again, bit of a walk)

• Broadway-City Hall
  - Neighbourhood of Fairview, VGH, Broadway business district, Vancouver City Hall, City Square Mall, Best Buy/Canadian Tire just north of Broadway

• Olympic Village
  - Granville Island, 2010 Olympic Village, False Creek residential area, future transfer to the streetcar line, link to Kits Beach

• Yaletown-Roundhouse
  - Yaletown residential area, link to English Bay, Roundhouse Community Centre

• Vancouver City Centre
  - Downtown CBD, Pacific Centre, Vancouver Centre, other various businesses, hopefully future direct transfer point to E-Line (?)

• Waterfront
  - Transfer Point to E/M-Lines and Seabus, Canada Place, Harbour Centre, SFU Downtown, Gastown, End of C-Line

.....and last but not least:

• Templeton
  - Access to Neighbourhood of Burkeville, various airport-related businesses (the proposed business park development in that area), perhaps bus link to South Terminal (?)

• Sea Island Centre
  - Various airport-related businesses

• YVR-Airport
  - Airport: Domestic and International Terminals, End of C-Line

............and future stations that I think will most likely be built around 5-10 years after opening:

• Capstan Way
  - Future Capstan residential development, Canadian Tire, various Chinese strip malls in that area

• 33rd Ave (I prefer to be called "Queen Elizabeth")
  - QE Park, bus link to Children's Hospital

[The_Henry_Man]

^I think looking at this, when the C-Line opens, I'm planning to go to the North Shore more often. Traveling time from Richmond will probably decrease to 40min from the current >1hr. I'm pretty sure it'll compete with the car, because of the notorious traffic over the Lions Gate. Currently, I rarely, if ever go to North/West Van (with the exception to Cypress Mt to ski and driving through this area on the way to Whistler).

Just wondering. I think the opening of the Skytrain C-Line will open a new, and significant market to the Skytrain network. I think most residents in Richmond probably have never been on it, even most of them live here for over 10 years or so. Heck, I know a family friend living in Richmond stays in Richmond most of the time, and the farthest she's ever driven is Vancouver Downtown.

[Pinion]

Originally Posted by The_Henry_Man

^I think looking at this, when the C-Line opens, I'm planning to go to the North Shore more often. Traveling time from Richmond will probably decrease to 40min from the current >1hr. I'm pretty sure it'll compete with the car, because of the notorious traffic over the Lions Gate. Currently, I rarely, if ever go to North/West Van (with the exception to Cypress Mt to ski and driving through this area on the way to Whistler).

Conversely I can't wait to get to south False Creek/Kitsilano/Broadway quickly. Buses through downtown are a nightmare.

[Jared]

I have no recollection of EVER disembarking/embarking at the following stations (even once):

Expo Line:

- Scott Road
- Gateway
- King George (although once I fell asleep on the train, and ended up here, but I just stayed in the car during the track switch, so technically I didnt touch the platform)

Millenium Line:

- Lake City Way
- Renfrew


I guess that means I've used 28/33 stations. Oh, and I've used Bridgeport Station.

[geoff's two cents]

Originally Posted by Yume-sama

I have never actually been on the SkyTrain. I don't really leave downtown, and when I do it's to places public transit won't take me.

Though I might consider taking the train from the airport to downtown. Maybe.

The Central City building is worth a look - during the day, that is. Can't say Metrotown is a huge priority for me. The old downtown in New West is also worth seeing, though I wouldn't count on any spectacular dining experiences there. Better, I think, to take a day trip to the burbs, and enjoy some of the amazing culinary experiences Vancouver has to offer at the end of the day. In my opinion, the scenery as seen from the Skytrain is alone worth a day trip.