Production Way – University Station

Production Way – University SkyTrain Station
Station statistics
Address	3298 Production Way, Burnaby
Coordinates	49.25337°N 122.91815°W / 49.25337; -122.91815
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Parking	220 space park and ride
Other information
Opened	August 31, 2002
Accessible
Code	PW
Owned by	BC Ministry of Transportation, TransLink
Fare zone	2
Traffic
Passengers (2011)	11,522
Services
Preceding station   TransLink   Following station Lake City Way toward VCC–Clark Millennium Line Lougheed Town Centre toward Waterfront Lake City Way toward VCC–Clark Evergreen Line (Planned) Lougheed Town Centre toward Douglas College

Production Way – University Station is a railway station on the Millennium Line, a part of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Production Way in Burnaby, British Columbia.

The station was intended to be a major transfer point to Simon Fraser University, so as well as having local suburban bus connections, it is the terminus to the #145 bus running to SFU, which carries just over half of all bus traffic to the university. The station's commercial space has a Mac's Convenience Store, a Subway restaurant, and a coffee shop. The station is one of just three on the system with a park and ride lot, this one containing 220 spaces.

The SFU Community Trust has proposed extending the TransLink system from this station through the installation of a tri-cable gondola lift to travel up Burnaby Mountain to the SFU Transit Exchange. The proposed lift would use a 30 passenger Doppelmayr Garaventa 3S Gondola, the same model as the Whistler Blackcomb Peak 2 Peak Gondola. The Trust has proposed the gondola because it feels the system is not weather-dependent like the current buses. It is also cheaper to maintain, and also more environmentally friendly. The provincial government has commissioned a feasibility study for the proposal; if approved by the province and TransLink, the lift could be operational by 2014.

Bus service

Bus bay assignments;

1 - 145 SFU (Loading)

2 - 110 Metrotown Station, 136 Lougheed Station, N9 Coquitlam Station

3 - 110 Lougheed Station, 136 Brentwood Station

4 - 145 Production Station (Unloading), N9 Downtown NightBus

External links

Media related to Production Way-University Station at Wikimedia Commons