Rupert station

49°15′39″N 123°01′58″W / 49.26083°N 123.03278°W / 49.26083; -123.03278

Rupert is a train station in Vancouver, British Columbia. It is located at 2698 Rupert Street. It is owned by TransLink and is used by the SkyTrain in the Metro Vancouver area for their Millennium Line.

The station was built in 2002 and opened on August 31. When TransLink was building the Millennium Line, they decided to start building new stations with Rupert being one of them. TransLink hired the architecture firm Baker McGarva Hart Inc. to build the station.[1] Rupert and Renfrew are he only two stations to feature platforms that are offset.

It is an elevated station with two tracks and side platforms. It is preceded by Renfrew towards VCC–Clark and ends at Gilmore station towards Lafarge Lake–Douglas. In 2024, it was ranked at #47 of the 54 busiest stations in use for the SkyTrain.[2]

The station serves as a connection for the 27 TransLink bus service.[3]

Around the station is Falaise Park, the BC Liquor Distribution Branch and the Vancouver Film Studios.

References

  1. ↑ "Vancouver's Millennium Line". Canadian Architect. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2024 Transit Service Performance Review – SkyTrain Stations Summaries". tableau.com. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rupert Station" (PDF). TransLink. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
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