Port Moody station

Port Moody station was a stop on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission, British Columbia, Canada. The station was located on the south side of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) tracks in Port Moody, at the north foot of Williams Street, approximately 200 metres (660 ft) north of St. John's Street. The station opened in 1995, when the West Coast Express began operating.[1] All services were operated by TransLink.

Not to be confused with Port Moody Station Museum.

Port Moody
West Coast Express station
Location	65 Williams St, Port Moody Canada
Coordinates	49°16′41″N 122°50′47″W
Owned by	BC Transit, TransLink
Line(s)	Canadian Pacific Railway
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2 (Canadian Pacific Railway)
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Parking	300 spaces
Bicycle facilities	lockers
Other information
Fare zone	3
History
Opened	1882 (original station) 1995 (West Coast Express)
Closed	December 1, 2016
Services
Former services   Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Waterfront Terminus West Coast Express (1995–2016) Coquitlam Central toward Mission City

The station closed for revenue service on December 1, 2016, coinciding with the opening of SkyTrain's Evergreen Extension the next day. Moody Centre station serves as a replacement station and continues to be served by the West Coast Express commuter rail service.[2][3]

History

First 1882 CPR station

The first station in Port Moody was built in 1882[4] as the original western terminus for the Canadian Pacific Railway, before it was extended to Vancouver.[5] The second railway station, built in 1908, was first moved to a location west of Queen Street[4] in 1945 and, when the CPR discontinued passenger service in 1976, was bought by The Port Moody Historical Society, who moved it again in 1978 to Murray Street, where it now serves as the home of the Port Moody Station Museum.[6]

Services

Port Moody was 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. In addition, there were two inbound buses (branded as "TrainBus") operating from Mission to Vancouver in the morning (after morning train service has ended) and three outbound buses in the evening returning to Mission (after all evening train service has ended), stopping at all West Coast Express stations. There were no West Coast Express service on weekends and holidays. The station was adjacent to a bus loop and park-and-ride facility (now incorporated with Moody Centre station), which were served by the local bus, express bus, and Community Shuttle minibus services.

At the nearby intersection of St. John's Street and Williams Street, 97 B-Line buses provided service to Coquitlam Central and Lougheed Town Centre stations.

References

1. List of Park-and-Ride Services Provided by TransLink
2. "Information Sheet: Port Moody — Moody Centre Station" (PDF). Government of British Columbia. June 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
3. "Tri-Cities rejoice: The long-awaited Evergreen Line opens". CTV Vancouver. December 2, 2016. Retrieved December 10, 2016.
4. Al Sholund. "THE RAILWAY STATION THAT RODE THE RAIL". Discover Port Moody, Heritage and History. City of Port Moody. Retrieved March 7, 2016. Port Moody’s first railway station was built in 1882
5. "CPR Railway Station". Canada's Historic Places. Parks Canada. 14 November 1978. Retrieved March 7, 2016. Chosen as the Western Terminus of the long awaited transcontinental railway, for a brief period Port Moody was the scene of intense speculation, which subsided when the rail line was extended to Vancouver. This circa 1907 station, which replaced the original 1882 Western Terminus station
6. "Our History". Port Moody Station Museum. Port Moody Heritage Society. Retrieved March 7, 2016. The Port Moody Station, built in 1908, was the second railway station in the area.