Mission City station

Mission City is the eastern terminus station on the West Coast Express commuter rail line connecting Vancouver to Mission, British Columbia, Canada. The station is located on the north side of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) tracks in Mission on North Railway Avenue. The station opened in 1995, when the West Coast Express began operating. 254 park and ride spaces are available at the station.

"Mission Station" redirects here. For the Via Rail station, see Mission Harbour station. For religious mission stations, see Mission (station).
Mission City
West Coast Express station
General information
Location33200 North Railway Avenue
Mission, British Columbia
Canada
Coordinates49°08′01″N 122°18′14″W
Owned byBC Transit, TransLink
Line(s)Canadian Pacific Railway
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
Connections
  •  31  Valley Connector
  •  32  West Heights
  •  33  Cedar Valley
  •  34  East Side
  •  35  Hatzic
  •  39  Shopper Shuttle
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Parking254
Bicycle facilitiesYes; bicycle lockers
Other information
Fare zone5 (train only)
History
OpenedNovember 1, 1995 (1995-11-01)
Passengers
2019[1]135,000 Increase 3.9%
Rank6 of 8
Services
Preceding station TransLink Following station
Port Haney
towards Waterfront
 West Coast Express Terminus
Former services at Mission station
Preceding station Canadian Pacific Railway Following station
Silverdale
toward Vancouver
 Main Line Hatzic
toward Montreal Windsor
Terminus Mission – Huntingdon Matsqui
toward Huntingdon

History

The first Mission City CPR station was built in 1882, at a site near St. Mary's Mission, further to the east. Subsequent railway stations were located at Mission City Junction on the western end of Railway Avenue, at the foot of Grand Street,[2] slightly to the west of the current commuter rail station. First station at the junction was in 1885 and a second railway station was built in 1892 in the "Y" of the tracks.[3] The most recent 1909 CPR station building, which had been recognized as a municipal historic site in 1982, was destroyed by fire in 1999.[2]

Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway have a track sharing agreement, with all freight trains operating eastbound through the station on the CPR tracks.[4]

Services

Mission City is served by five West Coast Express trains per day in each direction: five in the morning to Vancouver, and five in the evening to Mission. In addition, rail service is supplemented by TransLink's 701 bus route. Eight of its daily trips (two in the morning, two in the afternoon, and four in the evening), are extended between Coquitlam Central station and Mission City station, running non-stop between Haney Place Exchange and Mission City station. Service does not run on weekends.

Bus routes
See also: Central Fraser Valley Transit System

Bus bay assignments are as follows:[5][6]

Bay Route Notes
BC Transit 31 Valley Connector
32 West Heights
33 Cedar Valley
34 East Side
35 Hatzic
39 Shopper Shuttle
TransLink
Stop number 60979		 701 Coquitlam Central Station Limited express service on weekdays only when West Coast Express service not operating
TransLink
Stop number 61213		 — HandyDART service

References
  1. "2019 Transit Service Performance Review – Rail Summaries – Port Coquitlam Station". public.tableau.com. TransLink. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  2. "Canadian Pacific Railway Station". Profiles of Historic Sites. Mission District Historical Society. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2022. The CPR Train Station once stood in the "Y" formed by CPR lines
  3. "Timeline of Significant Event in Mission's History". Local History. Mission Museum. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. "A Mission to Mission". OKthePK. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  5. Mission bus routes (Map). BC Transit. Archived from the original on August 29, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
  6. Mission City Station (PDF) (Map). TransLink. April 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
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