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Main Street–Science World (formerly Main Street) is an elevated station on the Expo Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. The station is accessible from both sides of Main Street at the intersection of Main Street and Terminal Avenue, and is adjacent to Pacific Central Station, the city's inter-city railway and bus terminal.

History

Prior to SkyTrain opening for full revenue service, the station served as the western terminus of a short 1 km demonstration track during the summer of 1983. A single two-car prototype train ran both eastbound and westbound on the current westbound track, between the station and what was at that time the end of the completed guideway, at the eastern end of the centre median of Terminal Avenue.

In December 1985, SkyTrain began revenue service with the station opening as "Main Street" and was one of two stations that served the Expo 86 site: the other being Stadium–Chinatown station. This station served as an access point to the East Gate of Expo. This was the first elevated SkyTrain station to have buildings built around and above it, as seen with the Vancity tower on the west side of the station.

Once Expo 86 had ended, many of its buildings had either been torn down or removed. One of the few to remain was the nearby geodesic dome, known during the fair as "Expo Centre" and now one of the city's most recognizable landmarks. A science museum known as Science World subsequently moved into this space and on September 21, 1990, the station's name was hyphenated, adding "Science World" due to its proximity to the popular landmark attraction one block away. Older maps designated the station as "Science World-Main Street".

As part of a plan to upgrade high-traffic stations along the Expo Line, and to enable the addition of fare gates to the station in conjuntion with the broader system-wide Compass smart-card initiative, construction began on a major refurbishment of Main Street–Science World in early 2013.^[1] In 2014, due to ongoing construction, the platform length was shortened, preventing four- and six-car trains from stopping at the station. As a result, TransLink introduced the Train2Main service, which consisted of a two-car shuttle train that served the station and ran between Waterfront and Commercial–Broadway stations,^[2] with longer trains skipping Main Street–Science World during this period. The service ran between March 30 and December 6, 2014.^[3]^[4]

On May 18, 2014, the new east stationhouse opened. Simultaneously, the west stationhouse closed for rebuilding.^[5] Construction work finished by February 2016^[6] and resulted in improved accessibility, passenger safety, and lighting, along with the addition of fare gates months after they had launched at most other stations in the system.^[1]

Services

Station information

Station layout

Entrances

Transit connections

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Main-Street-Science-World-Station-Upgrades.aspx |title=Main Street-Science World Station Upgrades |work=TransLink |date= |accessdate=February 11, 2019|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312073625/http://www.translink.ca/en/Plans-and-Projects/Station-and-Exchange-Improvements/Main-Street-Science-World-Station-Upgrades.aspx|archivedate=February 11, 2019|df=mdy-all}}
2. ^{{Cite news |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/train2main-main-street-science-world-skytrain/ |title=Train2Main: SkyTrain service changes to Main Street-Science World Station |last= |first= |date=March 13, 2013 |work=Daily Hive|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
3. ^{{Cite news |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-riders-take-note-no-train2main-december-6/ |title=SkyTrain riders, take note: No more Train2Main as of December 6 |last= |first= |date=December 2, 2013 |work=Daily Hive|access-date=February 11, 2019}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=SkyTrain returns to normal service at Main Street-Science World station|url=https://vancouversun.com/SkyTrain+returns+normal+service+Main+Street+Science+World+station/10443776/story.html?__lsa=a610-e770|work=Vancouver Sun|accessdate=December 5, 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422134646/https://vancouversun.com/SkyTrain+returns+normal+service+Main+Street+Science+World+station/10443776/story.html?__lsa=a610-e770|archivedate=February 11, 2019|df=mdy-all}}
5. ^{{cite web |last=Tung |first=Allen |url=https://buzzer.translink.ca/2014/05/main-street-science-worlds-new-east-stationhouse-opens-today/ |title=Main Street-Science World’s new east stationhouse opens today |work=The Buzzer Blog |publisher=TransLink |date=May 18, 2014 |access-date=February 11, 2019}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Main Street-Science World Station upgrades are now complete!|url=http://buzzer.translink.ca/2016/02/main-street-science-world-station-upgrades-are-now-complete/|website=The Buzzer blog|accessdate=July 5, 2017|date=5 February 2016}}
7. ^{{cite map|publisher=TransLink|title=Main Street–Science World|url=http://www.translink.ca/-/media/Documents/schedules_and_maps/stn_exch/MainStreet.pdf|date=August 2016|access-date=November 19, 2016}}