Surrey Central Station

Infobox Vancouver SkyTrain station
name = Surrey Central Station


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first_opened = 1994
line = Expo Line
connections = 314 Scott & 96th Ave. / Sunbury / Scott Road Station
316, 329 Scottsdale
320 Guildford / Fleetwood / Langley Centre
321 Newton Exchange / White Rock Centre/ White Rock South
323, 324, 325, 393 Newton Exchange
326, 332, C73 Guildford
335 Fleetwood
395 Willowbrook
501 Langley Centre
502 Brookswood / Aldergrove / Langley Centre
509 Walnut Grove
590 Langley South
C71 Scott Road Station
C74 Fraser Heights/Guildford
N19 Downtown|

Surrey Central Station is a station in Surrey, British Columbia, on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Greater Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.

Location

Surrey Central Station is located in downtown Surrey, between the Central City Shopping Centre (formerly Surrey Place Mall) and the North Surrey Recreation Centre. Located in the same building as the mall is the Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University.

History

Surrey Central Station was one of three new stations opened on March 28 1994 when the Expo Line was extended into downtown Surrey. Over the years, the area has earned itself a reputation for being unsafe and as a centre for crime, both for violence and drug trafficking. The name "Surrey Central" was given after an ad was placed in the local paper calling to residents in coming up with an appropriate name. Winners received a City of Surrey mug, a letter of thanks, and a T-Shirt with a vision of Surrey on the front of it. Previous to the SkyTrain, "Surrey Central" was a bus loop known as "Whalley Exchange" as the area was and is still commonly known today as "Whalley".

In an effort to combat the station's rundown image, and to show off experimental urban design, the City of Surrey and Translink agreed to have Surrey Central Station participate in the GVTA's Urban Transit Village program. The Transit Villages are defined by Translink as "a new approach to station design and access." While the original schedule called for construction to be completed by Spring of 2007, nothing beyond design plans have been completed. The Surrey Central plan specifically called for four improvements on Stations Access, Streets, King George Highway, and Land Use.

Today, Constables from the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority Police Service, and Transit Security can be found patrolling the bus loop and skytrain platform, in an effort to reduce crime and disorder.

ervices

Surrey Central Station is a connection point for twenty-one TransLink bus routes that service Surrey, White Rock, North Delta, Ladner, Tsawwassen, and Langley, the highest number of any connection point in the system.The station is the second station running from King George Station in Surrey to Waterfront Station in Vancouver.

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