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Skytrain: Gilmore Station

Burnaby
British Columbia

View looking down the platform of the finished station.

View looking down the platform of the finished station. Aerial view of the station during construction. The steel frames are erected and shored during construction. A view from below of the station with most of the steel frames in place. View of the station during construction. View looking down the centre of the tracks during construction. Once the steel frames were in place, installation of the tensioned wood roof could proceed. A closer view of one of the cast steel fittings that is used to transfer the load from the tension cables, to the plywood roof, to create its curved shape. View of the central HSS column line that supports the beams that cross over the train platform. The roof is left open for light. View of the completed station from the road below.

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Project Description

Gilmore Station uses a combination of steel framing and stressed wood panels to create the canopy that covers the platform waiting area.

The primary support system consists of three rows of round HSS columns, surmounted by a WF beam, that creates a series of parallel frames that run the entire length of the platform.

photos: George Third & Son, Terri Meyer Boake

Gilmore Station

Gilmore Station is perhaps one of the lightest and most unusual structures in the Vancouver Millennium Line. It is the only station that uses a cable and steel casting type system to create a roof of stressed plywood panels.

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