Joyce–Collingwood Station (formerly Joyce Station) is located on an elevated portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain

SkyTrain (Vancouver)

SkyTrain is a light rapid transit system in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. SkyTrain has of track and uses fully automated trains on grade-separated tracks, running mostly on elevated guideways, which helps SkyTrain to hold consistently high on-time reliability...

 rapid transit

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 system. The station is on Joyce Street at Vanness Avenue, in the area of Vancouver known as Collingwood. It is the sixth busiest station on Expo Line.

History

Joyce-Collingwood Station is on the old right-of-way once used by the old British Columbia Electric Railway

British Columbia Electric Railway

The British Columbia Electric Railway was a historic Canadian railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia.Originally the parent company, and later a division, of BC Electric, the BCER operated public transportation in southwestern British Columbia from its establishment in the...

 Central Park Line; this line ran from just west of Nanaimo Station

Nanaimo Station

The Nanaimo Station of the SkyTrain system is an elevated station located on the Expo Line in East Vancouver.The station is accessible from the east side of Nanaimo Street at Vanness Avenue. It is located on the crest of a hill, providing all riders a wonderful view of Downtown and the west side of...

 all the way to where the current New Westminster Station

New Westminster Station

New Westminster Station is located at Columbia Street and 8th Street in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada, and was the original eastern terminus of SkyTrain until 1989 prior to the partial completion and opening of the phase two extension of SkyTrain to Surrey.-History:The station was...

 is located.

The station was opened as Joyce Station in 1985 along the original Expo Line. It replaced Joyce Loop, located 600 metres south at the intersection of Joyce Street and Kingsway, as the main transfer point to local transit services in the area. Trolley wire were extended to the station in early 1986 to bring trolley buses to the bus loop.

Formerly an industrial

Industry

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 area, the area in the immediate vicinity of this station is being redeveloped as Collingwood Village, a denser community of high-rise condo

Condominium

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s. The "Collingwood" portion of the name was added in 2001 in order to try and reflect a positive presence imposed by SkyTrain on the surrounding community, as this station had been known to have a particularly negative community impact in terms of inducing high rates of crime and violence since its opening in the mid-80s.

Service

• The station connects to a number of TransLink bus routes serving eastern Vancouver
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   and Burnaby.
• The station is one of the possible terminus for the proposed 91 B-Line
  91 B-Line
  The 91 B-Line is a future bus rapid transit line in Metro Vancouver, Canada that was outlined in the 2005 Vancouver/UBC Transit Plan for implementation in December 2009. It will replace the 43 Express Line that travels along 41st Avenue, a major east-west route, and connects the University of...
  
   service, which is an upgrade for the current route #43
  43 Express
  The 43 UBC/Joyce Station is an express line in Greater Vancouver, Canada to supplement the #41 service along 41st Avenue. It connects Joyce-Collingwood Station on the SkyTrain system to the UBC Loop in UBC. The route is operated by Coast Mountain Bus Company and funded by TransLink. Going west, the...
  
   that runs westward to the University of British Columbia
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  .
• There is currently no scheduled trolley bus service to the station after the dieselization of trolley route #41. However, trolley buses may still be seen in the bus loop during the occasional unscheduled reroutes of trolley route #19.

Station layout

T	Train Level
S	Street Level

Station entrances and connections

West Entrance is located on the west side of Joyce Street, in the center of the bus loop. The entrance is fully accessible with elevator and up-escalator. See Joyce–Collingwood Station#Transit exchange for a list of connections.

East Entrance is a stair-only access located on the east side of Joyce Street, on the opposite side of the bus loop. The entrance serves the passenger drop-off area, as well as a temporary bus stop (Bay 6) for the 41 UBC route during fare gate construction.

Transit exchange

Joyce–Collingwood Station provides a partial off-street transit exchange at the intersection of Joyce Street and Vanness Avenue. Bus bay assignments is as follows:

Bay	Location	Routes
1	Bus Loop / Vanness Avenue Westbound	28 Phibbs Exchange Phibbs Exchange Phibbs Exchange is the major transit exchange for the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Part of the TransLink system, it is home to routes serving North Vancouver and some parts of the city of Vancouver...
2	Bus Loop / Vanness Avenue Westbound	27 Kootenay Loop Kootenay Loop Kootenay Loop is a major public transit exchange in Vancouver, British Columbia. It services routes going to East Vancouver, Downtown Vancouver, Burnaby, North Vancouver and the Tri-Cities.It is also the eastern-most major exchange in the city of Vancouver....
	Bus Loop	HandyDart
3	Bus Loop	26 29th Avenue Station 29th Avenue Station 29th Avenue Station is located at an at-grade portion of the Expo Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.The station is on 29th Avenue at Atlin Street, adjacent to Slocan Park, in the area of Vancouver known as "Renfrew Heights", an older, compact community...
4	Bus Loop
5	Joyce Street Southbound	43 UBC UBC - Universities :* University of British Columbia, a major Canadian university with its main campus in Greater Vancouver* UBC Okanagan, the campus in Kelowna, British Columbia* UBC Thunderbirds, the athletic program of the main campus- Athletics :...  (PM peak only)
5a	Joyce Street Southbound	43 UBC UBC - Universities :* University of British Columbia, a major Canadian university with its main campus in Greater Vancouver* UBC Okanagan, the campus in Kelowna, British Columbia* UBC Thunderbirds, the athletic program of the main campus- Athletics :...  (AM peak only)
6	Vanness Avenue Westbound	41 UBC UBC - Universities :* University of British Columbia, a major Canadian university with its main campus in Greater Vancouver* UBC Okanagan, the campus in Kelowna, British Columbia* UBC Thunderbirds, the athletic program of the main campus- Athletics :...
	Joyce Street Northbound	41 Joyce Station (drop-off only)