Capstan station

Capstan is an elevated station under construction on the Canada Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.^[1] It will be located at the intersection of No. 3 Road and McMyn Way, one block north of Capstan Way in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, and will be the first infill station on the Canada Line when completed. It is expected to open in 2024.^[2]

Capstan
SkyTrain station
Capstan station construction in October 2024
General information
Location	Richmond
Coordinates	49.189254°N 123.131677°W / 49.189254; -123.131677
Owned by	TransLink
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Under construction
Fare zone	2
History
Opening	2024 (2024) (planned)
Future services
Preceding station TransLink Following station Bridgeport towards Waterfront Canada Line Richmond branch Aberdeen towards Richmond–Brighouse

History

A station at Capstan Way in Richmond was originally planned to open shortly after the rest of the Canada Line but plans to construct it were cancelled in March 2009. Pinnacle International and Concord Pacific, the developers of the Sun Tech City project, could not fund the $25 million required to build the station. The developers could only offer $15 million up front, but this sum was not accepted by TransLink and the City of Richmond.^[3]

In May 2012, the City of Richmond made an agreement with TransLink and the developers to fund the project. The developers were to pay a fee of just over $8,500 per unit, with the specific amount adjusted in October to account for inflation. At the time, it was thought it would take approximately 15 years to amass the required funds. By September 2017, based on development permit applications, the full $27.8 million could be collected by mid-2018, nine years earlier than expected.^[4]

In November 2017, the City of Richmond released $3.5 million to TransLink to cover the costs of designing the station. By May 2019, $32 million had been raised, exceeding the required $27.8 million, which had been reached in November 2018.^[5] By December 2019, the station was still in the detailed design stage.^[6]

Initially the completion of the station was projected for mid-2022;^[7][8] a nearby construction conflict and internal changes at InTransitBC, the private operator of the Canada Line, later pushed this date to March 2023.^[9] The opening date was subsequently pushed back to the first quarter of 2024 due to supply chain issues.^[2] In January 2024, TransLink announced the opening would be delayed to mid-2024 due to "work sequencing and worksite conditions".^[10]

Construction

Construction of the station began on September 2, 2021,^[11] and required various service reductions and periods of single tracking on the Richmond branch of the Canada Line across several months.^[12][13]

References

1. Chan, Kenneth (October 8, 2019). "Construction on Canada Line's new Capstan Station could begin in a year". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on October 9, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
2. Hui, Vikki (June 22, 2023). "New Richmond Canada Line station opening delayed until 2024". Richmond News. Archived from the original on June 23, 2023. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
3. "Sun Tech City development may be shelved". Richmond Review. April 3, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
4. "Richmond cash starts design work on new Canada Line station". Vancouver Sun. November 16, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
5. Chan, Kenneth (May 3, 2019). "Richmond successfully raises $32 million to build Canada Line's new Capstan Station". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
6. Saltman, Jennifer (December 3, 2019). "New Capstan Station in Richmond running behind schedule". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
7. Chan, Kenneth (December 17, 2019). "Canada Line's $31.5-million Capstan Station to open in 2022". Daily Hive. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
8. "Capstan Station Engagement". engagetranslink.ca. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
9. Chan, Kenneth (July 30, 2021). "Construction on SkyTrain's new Capstan Station to begin in August". Daily Hive. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
10. Chan, Kenneth (January 29, 2024). "Opening of new SkyTrain Capstan Station further delayed to later in 2024 | Urbanized". Daily Hive.
11. Chan, Kenneth (September 2, 2021). "Construction officially begins on Canada Line's new $52 million Capstan Station". Daily Hive. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
12. Campbell, Alan (April 19, 2022). "Canada Line disruptions coming to Richmond next week". Richmond News. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
13. Chan, Kenneth (February 16, 2023). "Three more weeks of Canada Line service impacts for station construction". Daily Hive. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.

External links

• Media related to Capstan station at Wikimedia Commons