Sapperton  | |||||||||||
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 Platform level at Sapperton station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 20 Spruce Street, New Westminster | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 49°13′28″N122°53′23″W / 49.22443°N 122.88964°W /49.22443; -122.88964 | ||||||||||
| System | SkyTrain station | ||||||||||
| Owned by | TransLink | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| Accessible | yes | ||||||||||
| Architect | Hancock Bruckner Eng & Wright | ||||||||||
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| Station code | SA | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | January 2, 2002 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2024[1] | 971,000  9.1% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 44 of 54 | ||||||||||
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Sapperton is an elevated station on theExpo Line ofMetro Vancouver'sSkyTrainrapid transit system. The station is located on Brunette Avenue, above aCanadian Pacific Kansas City rail right-of-way in theSapperton neighbourhood inNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Located nearby is theRoyal Columbian Hospital.TransLink's head offices are also located within the vicinity of the station.[2]
The station was opened in 2002 as part of the originalMillennium Line project. Before the first phase of the line was completed, a short spur fromColumbia station was opened in eastern New Westminster as a test track; this spur included Sapperton andBraid stations.
In 2004, work was done on the platform tiles to make the surface less slippery.[3]
In 2016, SkyTrain service was reconfigured in anticipation of the opening of theEvergreen Extension; as a result, Millennium Line service was discontinued at Sapperton station. Since October 22, 2016, Sapperton has been served by anExpo Line branch with service betweenWaterfront andProduction Way–University stations.[4]
Sapperton station was designed by the architecture firm Hancock Bruckner Eng & Wright[5] and, like all stations constructed as part of the original Millennium Line, has a unique design. The elevated station contains a mezzanine level connected to the platform level by stairs, escalators and elevators. There are two side platforms, separated by an artwork wheel. There was previously astationary bike on the mezzanine level which would rotate the artwork wheel when ridden, but it was removed after it was vandalized.[citation needed]
Sapperton station is served by one official entrance. It is located at the northeast end of the station. This entrance is connected to ground level by a walkway over Brunette Avenue that exits on Keary Street, across from theRoyal Columbian Hospital.[6]
A second, unofficial entrance is at the south end of the station and is not wheelchair accessible. This entrance is technically an emergency exit that leads down from platform 1,[7] but people commonly use it as a safe way to access the station from Spruce Street, which is next to the station but not accessible using the main entrance. TransLink nevertheless installed Compass card readers at the site.[8]
Sapperton station is not served directly by any bus routes. Connections can be made to the 109 bus route, a short walk from the station at the intersection of Columbia Street and Keary Street:
| Stop number | Routes |
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| 53111 | |
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