An important transit alert for users of one of Vancouver’s busiest SkyTrain stations. The escalator replacement project at Commercial Broadway is entering a new phase and that means a bit of a detour for passengers. Travis Prasad has the details.
Commuters travelling through one of Metro Vancouver’s busiest transit hubs will be asked to plan some extra time into their trip to accommodate major escalator work starting next week.
Staring on Friday, Sept. 27, TransLink will begin the second phase of its Commercial Broadway Escalator Replacement Project.
The work will involve closing the escalators and stairs from the station’s north side to the Expo Line platform.
“What this means is the escalators going to the Expo Line platform at the North Station will be closed for about a year, and customers will have to travel to East Broadway and cross the street to access the South Platform,” TransLink spokesperson Thor Diakow told Global News.
“It’s just not safe to keep those stairs open while this work is happening, there will be scaffolding, a lot of demolition.”
Commuters are being asked to plan about five minutes extra into their travel time if they need to exchange to the Expo Line at Commercial Broadway Station.
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The North Station elevator to the Expo Line platform will remain open.
Also on Friday, the station’s escalators to the Millennium Line will reopen.
Those escalators have been closed for about eight months to allow for a complete replacement.
Diakow said TransLink is in the process of replacing all escalators along the Millennium Line, which have reached their end of life after more than two decades in service.
source & photo: Global News
