Great Northern Way–Emily Carr station

Great Northern Way–Emily Carr is a planned underground station for the Millennium Line of Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system.^[1][2] It will be located at the intersection of Great Northern Way and Thornton Street adjacent to the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in the Strathcona neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Originally scheduled to open in 2025,^[3][4] the station's projected opening has been pushed back twice; as of May 2024, it is scheduled to open in late 2027.^[5][6]

Great Northern Way–Emily Carr
SkyTrain station
Construction at the station site in April 2022
General information
Location	Vancouver
Coordinates	49.267032°N 123.094822°W / 49.267032; -123.094822
Owned by	TransLink
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Subway
Accessible	yes
Other information
Status	Planned
Fare zone	1
History
Opening	2027 (2 years' time) (2027)
Previous names	Great Northern Way (planning)
Services
Preceding station TransLink Following station Mount Pleasant towards Arbutus Millennium Line Broadway extension (opens 2027) VCC–Clark towards Lafarge Lake–Douglas
Location

During planning, the station was known simply as Great Northern Way.^[7] On September 17, 2020, the station was renamed to include reference to Emily Carr University.^[8][9]

Structure and design

Staging pit for the tunnel boring machines in April 2022

Similar to Olympic Village station, Great Northern Way–Emily Carr will be built in the staging pit used for the two tunnel boring machines.^[1]