New vision for Waterfront Station: A world-class transit hub in downtown Vancouver

What would a world-class, multi-modal public transit hub — fully integrated with a high-density mix of commercial uses — look like at Waterfront Station in downtown Vancouver?

This question has long been posed by the City of Vancouver, which first established the Central Waterfront Hub Framework in 2009 to expand Waterfront Station with a transit concourse over the railyard to the north side of the historic building, along with opening up the ability for significant office and hotel developments and new public spaces.

But over the decade that has passed, no real action to implement the Waterfront Station plan has been made, which triggered the April 2022 decision by the previous makeup of Vancouver City Council directing City of Vancouver staff to restart the planning process for the transit hub and precinct towards implementation. This also includes collaborating with the federal and provincial governments, TransLink, Port of Vancouver, Pavco (Vancouver Convention Centre), and Canadian Pacific.

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