Main Street-Science World Station

This is not part of the series on SkyTrain Explorer (though I will endeavor to take and post video during as many walks as possible), the following videos were taken with the Nokia N70 camera phone while either on a train or at stations. In the highly unlikely event these videos are popular, a BitTorrent download is also available.

Metrotown Station to Sapperton Station [torrent] pauses every now and then while sitting at some stations, and stops abruptly after exiting the tunnel before Sapperton. 11:49 long, 47.5 MB
Between Stadium Station to Main Street-Science World [torrent] 1:21 long, 5 MB [r]
Train leaves Broadway station [torrent] from the tactile yellow strip adjacent to the tracks at platforms. 0:16 long, 1.1 MB
Between Commercial Drive and Renfrew Stations, smoke
[torrrent] There was fire beneath the tracks, as seen in the photos I posted to Flickr. [r]
Train arrives at Commercial Drive Station [torrent] taken from the tactile yellow strip. 0:11 long, 758 KB
Approaching Rupert Station [torrent] from inside a Mk I train. [r]
From Rupert Station to Commercial Drive Station [torrent]
Main Street-Science World Station to Waterfront Station [torrent]

tags: Commercial Drive Station, Main Street-Science World Station, Metrotown Station, Rupert Station, Sapperton Station, SkyTrain, TransLink, Vancouver

SkyTrain Coverage:

Main

April 24th, 2006

On Saturday I took the walk around the Main Street-Science World SkyTrain station as suggested by John Atkin in his book SkyTrain Explorer: Heritage Walks From Every Station, and created a section for it here on Just a Gwai Lo. My favourite photos are Green Empty Benches, the signs at the end of Ontario St. (seen to the right) and the elevated SkyTrain guideways. It took a few minutes to spot the Seeds and Feed advertisement, but I found it after walking to the westernmost side of the block behind the building.

The neighbourhood surrounds False Creek, which, from the book, we learn “got its name from a notation made on a map by one of Captain Vancouver's crew who thought the body of water might be a river but turned out to be a 'false creek'.” Various sources, Discover Vancouver among them, say the member of Vancouver's crew was Captain George Richards.

I hear parts of Main Street south of Broadway are nice too. Almost 10 years in this city—at least the regional district—and I've never been to Q.E. Park. During the summer I shouldn't have any trouble finding an excuse to go.

tags: John Atkin, SkyTrain, SkyTrain Explorer, TransLink, Vancouver, Vancouver walking tours, skyte