Royal Oak station (SkyTrain)

Metro Vancouver SkyTrain station

49°13′12″N 122°59′18″W / 49.220004°N 122.988381°W / 49.220004; -122.988381Owned byTransLinkPlatformsCentre platformTracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevatedAccessibleYesArchitectArchitektengruppe U-BahnOther informationStation codeROFare zone2HistoryOpenedDecember 11, 1985; 38 years ago (1985-12-11)Passengers2023^[1]1,729,200

19.9%Rank30 of 53 Services

Preceding station	TransLink			Following station
Metrotown towards Waterfront		Expo Line		Edmonds towards King George or Production Way–University

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.

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

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

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

Stop number	Routes
59781	148 Edmonds Station

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal Oak station.

^ "2023 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Summaries". tableau.com. TransLink. April 17, 2024. Archived from the original on April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
^ Pabillano, Jhenifer (February 21, 2011). "1982 SkyTrain station concept drawings!". The Buzzer Blog. TransLink. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
^ "U-Bahn Vancouver". Architektengruppe U-Bahn. Archived from the original on April 28, 2016. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
^ TransLink. Royal Oak Station Entrance Location (PDF) (Map). Retrieved March 31, 2019.
^ TransLink (December 2016). Royal Oak Station (PDF) (Map). Retrieved November 19, 2016.

TransLink services in Metro Vancouver

SkyTrain
History – Lines and stations – Rolling stock

Expo Line

Waterfront ■■■■
Burrard ■
Granville
Stadium–Chinatown
Main Street–Science World
Commercial–Broadway ■■
Nanaimo
29th Avenue
Joyce–Collingwood ■
Patterson
Metrotown
Royal Oak
Edmonds
22nd Street
New Westminster
Columbia ■
Scott Road ■
Gateway
Surrey Central ■
King George ■

Surrey–Langley extension (future)	Green Timbers 152 Street Fleetwood Bakerview–166 Street Hillcrest–184 Street Clayton Willowbrook Langley City Centre

Lougheed branch	Columbia ■ Sapperton Braid Lougheed Town Centre ■ Production Way–University ■

Millennium Line

Broadway extension (future)	Arbutus South Granville Oak–VGH Broadway–City Hall ■ Mount Pleasant Great Northern Way–Emily Carr

Canada Line

Airport branch	Bridgeport ■ Templeton Sea Island Centre YVR–Airport

Passenger ferry and commuter rail
SeaBus	Waterfront ■■■■ Lonsdale Quay ■
West Coast Express	Waterfront ■■■■ Moody Centre ■ Coquitlam Central ■■ Port Coquitlam Pitt Meadows Maple Meadows Port Haney Mission City