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Rotary Rides the Rails — rapid transit to Rotary clubs
September 2009
On Tuesday, September 1, Steveston Rotary held its weekly meeting on a Skytrain on the new Canada Line rapid transit line! Club banner in hand we departed Richmond's Bridgeport Station just after 7am, passed stops near a dozen other local Rotary clubs and traveled downtown to Waterfront Station — a 19 minute trip. Once there a few members departed for work.
After a quick trip around the station, to the Seabus, to the West Coast Express and the Exposition Skytrain line stops, we returned to Richmond Bridgeport Station. Many members made a quick trip onward to see the airport stops, returning to Bridgeport a few minutes later. We then went inside the adjoining Great Canadian Casino for a nice breakfast.
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Many Vancouver and Richmond hotels, and the following Rotary clubs are a short walk from Canada Line Skytrain stations:
| Station | ||||
| Rotary Club | Time | Location | Distance | |
| Brighouse (No. 3 Road @ Saba Road - at Richmond Centre) | ||||
| Steveston Rotary | Tues. 7am | 12111 3rd Ave. | We are a 10 minute drive away. Call us if you need a ride to our meeting. | |
| Richmond Sunset | Wed. 6pm | 7571 Westminster Hwy | 3 blocks NW | |
| Richmond Sunrise | Thur. 7am | 7211 Westminster Hwy | 4 blocks NW | |
| Lansdowne (No. 3 Road at Lansdowne Road - at Lansdowne Centre, Olympic Oval 4 blocks West) | ||||
| Richmond Rotary | Wed. noon | 8368 Alexandra Road | 4 blocks NE | |
| Aberdeen (No. 3 Road at Cambie Road, adjacent to Aberdeen Centre) | ||||
| Bridgeport (River Road at Great Canadian Way, at River Rock Casino Resort. Bus Depot for Ladner, Tsawwassen, and White Rock which also have many Rotary clubs in Districts 5040 and 5050) | ||||
| Vancouver Centennial | Tues. 6:30pm | 9260 Bridgeport Road | 3 blocks South | |
| Marine Drive (Cambie Street south of SW. Marine Drive) | ||||
| Vancouver South | Mon. noon | 1450 SW. Marine Dr. | 2 Km west | |
| Langara @ 49th Avenue (Cambie Street at W. 49th Avenue, near Langara College) | ||||
| Oakridge @ 41st Avenue (Cambie Street at W. 41st Avenue, next to Oakridge Centre) | ||||
| King Edward (Cambie Street at King Edward Avenue, near Queen Elizabeth Park) | ||||
| Broadway @ City Hall (Cambie Street at W. Broadway, near Vancouver General Hospital) | ||||
| Vancouver Quadra | Tues. 7:30am | 898 W Broadway Ave. | 4 blocks West | |
| Vancouver Cambie | Tues. 6pm | 1215 West Broadway | 7 blocks West | |
| Olympic Village (Cambie Street at W. 2nd Avenue) | ||||
| Yaletown @ Roundhouse (Davie Street near Mainland Street) | ||||
| Vancouver Yaletown | Thur. 6pm | 842 Cambie Street | 2 blocks North | |
| Vancouver City Centre (Granville Street at Robson Street) | ||||
| New Generations | alt. Mon. 7pm | 933 Hornby St, Vancouver | 2 blocks SW | |
| Vancouver Sunrise | Wed. 7:30am | 655 Burrard Street | 2 blocks NW | |
| Waterfront (Granville Street between Pender and Hastings) | ||||
| Vancouver Rotary | Tues. noon | 837 Hastings Street West | 1 block SW | |
| Vancouver Chinatown | Wed. 12:15pm | 180 Keefer Street | 6 blocks SE | |
| (or 1 block from the Stadium station on the Exposition Skytrain Line) | ||||
| Via SeaBus - North Vancouver (Lonsdale Ave at Esplanade St) There are two more clubs. | ||||
| North Vancouver | Mon. 6:30pm | 125 2nd St East | 3 blocks NE | |
| LionsGate Rotary | Fri. noon | 125 2nd St East | 3 blocks NE | |
| There are also clubs in Burnaby and New Westminster accessible via Skytrain Exposition Line if you are travelling there. | ||||
| Metrotown (Central Boulevard near Willingdon Avenue) | ||||
| Burnaby Metrotown | Wed. 12:15pm | 4405 Central Boulevard | 1 block West | |
| New Westminster (Columbia Street and 8th Street) | ||||
| New West Royal City | Wed. 7am | 713 Columbia Street | 1 block East | |
| New Westminster | Thur. noon | 233 - 6th Street | 4 blocks North | |
Most of these clubs are linked to Rotary District 5040.