Royal Oak station (SkyTrain)

Royal Oak is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is located at the intersection of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue in Burnaby, British Columbia, a short walk south of Kingsway and Imperial Avenue.

Royal Oak
SkyTrain station
Station entrance viewed from Beresford Street
Location	5199 Beresford Street, Burnaby
Coordinates	49°13′12″N 122°59′18″W
Owned by	TransLink
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
Architect	Architektengruppe U-Bahn
Other information
Station code	RO
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	December 11, 1985
Traffic
Passengers (2019[1])	1,902,000  3%
Rank	29 of 53
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Metrotown toward Waterfront Expo Line Edmonds toward King George or Production Way–University

Platform level looking towards Metrotown town centre

History

Royal Oak station was opened in 1985 as part of the original SkyTrain system (now known as the Expo Line). The Austrian architecture firm Architektengruppe U-Bahn was responsible for designing the station.[2][3]

In 2002, Millennium Line service was introduced to the station, which provided outbound service to VCC–Clark station (originally Commercial–Broadway) via Columbia station in New Westminster. This service was discontinued and replaced with an Expo Line branch to Production Way–University station in 2016.

Station information

Station layout

T	Platform 1 Inbound	← ■ Expo Line towards Waterfront (Metrotown)
	Island platform; doors will open on the left
	Platform 2 Outbound	■ Expo Line towards King George and Production Way–University (Edmonds) →
C	Concourse	Compass vending machines and fare gates
S	Street level	Entrance/Exit

Entrances

Royal Oak is served by a single entrance located on the south side of the station at the corner of Beresford Street and Royal Oak Avenue. An elevator is available however there is no escalator to the platform level.[4]

Transit connections

See also: List of bus routes in Metro Vancouver

Royal Oak is served by one bus connection: a community shuttle route to Edmonds station.[5]

Stop number	Routes
59781	148 Edmonds Station

References

1. "2019 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Ranked by Annual Boardings" (PDF). translink.ca. TransLink. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
2. Pabillano, Jhenifer (February 21, 2011). "1982 SkyTrain station concept drawings!". The Buzzer Blog. TransLink. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
3. "U-Bahn Vancouver". Architektengruppe U-Bahn. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
4. TransLink. Royal Oak Station Entrance Location (PDF) (Map). Retrieved March 31, 2019.
5. TransLink (December 2016). Royal Oak Station (PDF) (Map). Retrieved 19 November 2016.