Langara–49th Avenue station

Langara–49th Avenue
Langara–49th Avenue
SkyTrain station
	Langara–49th Avenue station entrance in 2019
General information
Location	6488 Cambie Street, Vancouver
Coordinates	49°13′35″N 123°6′58″W / 49.22639°N 123.11611°W
Owned by	TransLink
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Accessible	Yes
Architect	VIA Architecture
Other information
Station code	LG
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	August 17, 2009
Passengers
2023	2,405,100 18.7%
Rank	23 of 53
Services

Langara–49th Avenue is an underground station on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. It is located at the intersection of West 49th Avenue and Cambie Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The station serves the southern portion of the Oakridge neighbourhood, primarily the Langara community that surrounds the station, and is within walking distance of Langara College and the Langara Golf Course.

History

Langara–49th Avenue station was opened in 2009 along with the rest of the Canada Line and was designed by the architecture firm VIA Architecture.^[2] The station is named for nearby 49th Avenue and the Langara community, which in turn is named after the Spanish admiral Juan de Lángara.^[3]^[4]

Services

Passengers exiting from this station are able to transfer to the #15 bus, which provides local surface service on Cambie Street, and the #49 bus, which travels east to Metrotown station and west to the University of British Columbia.

Station information

Entrances

Langara–49th Avenue station is served by a single entrance located at the northeast corner of Cambie Street and 49th Avenue.^[5]

Transit connections

The following bus routes can be found in close proximity to Langara–49th Avenue:^[5]

Bay	Location	Routes
1	Cambie Street Northbound	15 Olympic Village Station N15 Downtown (NightBus service)
2	49th Avenue Westbound	49 UBC
3	49th Avenue Eastbound	49 Metrotown Station
4	Cambie Street Southbound	15 Cambie N15 Cambie (NightBus service)

References

^ "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.
^ "Canada Line Stations". VIA Architecture. Archived from the original on April 26, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
^ "Areas of the city". City of Vancouver. Archived from the original on April 1, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
^ "Coat of Arms". Langara College. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Langara–49th Avenue Station (PDF) (Map). TransLink. September 2018. Retrieved June 6, 2022.