Olympic Village station

Olympic Village
SkyTrain station
Location	525 West 2nd Avenue, Vancouver
Coordinates	49°15′59″N 123°6′57″W / 49.26639°N 123.11583°W / 49.26639; -123.11583Coordinates: 49°15′59″N 123°6′57″W / 49.26639°N 123.11583°W / 49.26639; -123.11583
Owned by	TransLink
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	OV
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	August 17, 2009
Traffic
Passengers (2011[1])	5,837
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Broadway–City Hall toward YVR–Airport Canada Line Airport Yaletown–Roundhouse toward Waterfront Broadway–City Hall toward Richmond–Brighouse Canada Line Richmond

Olympic Village is a SkyTrain station on the Canada Line in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The use of the term "Olympic" has been licensed for use by the International Olympic Committee.

Location

Construction photo taken in April 2008

The station is located underground at the intersection of Cambie Street and West 2nd Avenue, adjacent to the Cambie Street Bridge. It serves the existing South False Creek residential and commercial area, as well as the Olympic Athletes' Village for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Platform and tracks

Services

The station is within a short walk of the False Creek Ferries and Aquabus Ferry stop at Spy Glass. Both companies provide service to Granville Island, David Lam Park, Yaletown, Plaza of Nations and Science World, while False Creek Ferries provides service to Kitsilano and the West End.

The station is within walking distance of Leg-In-Boot station on the Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway, a tram service that operated on weekends from 1998 to 2011, connecting Science World and the Main Street–Science World SkyTrain station to Granville Island). During the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Olympic Line, a temporary streetcar demonstration service, operated on the Downtown Historic Railway between Olympic Village station and Granville Island. The Downtown Historic Railway is currently not operating due to financial constraints.^[2]

Bus routes

The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Olympic Village station:^[3]

• 15 Cambie
• 50 Waterfront Station
• 84 UBC/VCC-Clark Station

History

During the planning and approval process for the Canada Line, this station was originally intended for completion for 2009. When the cost of the project had to be scaled back by TransLink (circa 2005), the station was deferred until after the opening of the line in 2009. However, the City of Vancouver owns the station site and decided to fund the station's construction to spur redevelopment of its lands and the neighbouring Southeast False Creek neighbourhood, and it was restored to the initial phase. Olympic Village is the third name for this station; it was initially proposed as 2nd Avenue, and more recently as False Creek South.

Public art

Outside the station is a sculpture by Marie Khouri, "Le Banc" or "The Bench", intended to double as a bench for people to sit in. Soon after the Canada Line opened, the sculpture was disfigured by skateboarders who used it as a ramp. The work was repaired by Khouri at her own expense.^[4]

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  Le Banc sculpture scarred by skateboards, August 2010

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  Admonishment regarding the public art
  "NO SKATEBOARDING / BIKING"

Incidents

On August 13, 2015, service was disrupted due to a medical emergency involving a woman falling onto the tracks and getting ran over by the train. The woman allegedly survived and TransLink reported that she was taken to the hospital^[5] with non-life-threatening injuries.

References

External links

Media related to Olympic Village Station at Wikimedia Commons