What’s it like living in Marpole, right where the Canada Line leaves Vancouver? If you’re weighing apartments near Marine Drive Station, you get a train that reaches Waterfront in about 17 minutes and a corner packed with newer rental towers. This guide starts with the commute, then walks through seven buildings around Cambie Street and SW Marine Drive.<\/p>\n
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From Marine Drive Station, the Canada Line reaches Waterfront Station downtown in 17 minutes, based on TransLink’s station-to-station travel times<\/a> (timetable effective April 20, 2026). Bridgeport, the first station in Richmond, is three minutes away. The same table puts YVR-Airport Station 10 minutes from Marine Drive on a YVR-branch train. For scale, YVR says<\/a> the line connects the airport to downtown Vancouver in under 30 minutes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After Bridgeport the line splits, and TransLink says trains alternate between YVR-Airport and Richmond-Brighouse. So you’ll see an airport train and a Richmond train in turn. Heading north, TransLink’s schedule page<\/a> lists trains between Bridgeport and Waterfront about every three minutes at peak and every four at midday. Those are estimates, and the page says they can change.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The station is also a bus exchange. TransLink’s route 10 Granville<\/a>, route 3 (Main), and route 17 (Oak) all serve it. If you’re heading toward Broadway, you can ride 10 minutes up the line to Broadway-City Hall. The Province says the Broadway Subway, a 5.7-kilometre Millennium Line extension to Arbutus Street, is scheduled to open for passenger service in fall 2027<\/a> (release dated September 21, 2026). Once it does, Broadway-City Hall will connect the two lines<\/a> so you can transfer there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Want to compare other stops? Oakridge-41st Avenue is five minutes north of Marine Drive, and our guide to rental buildings near Oakridge-41st Avenue Station<\/a> covers it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marine Drive Station is in Marpole, one of the City of Vancouver’s 22 local areas. TransLink places the station on the southeast corner of Cambie Street and SW Marine Drive and says it serves the Marpole residential area. The City’s Marpole community plan page<\/a> describes Marpole as stretching from Angus Drive to Ontario Street and from West 57th Avenue to the North Arm of the Fraser River.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marine Gateway is the big mixed-use development you’ll see at that corner. PCI Developments finished it in 2015. Its project page<\/a> lists 415 condos, 46 rentals, a 14-storey office tower and more than 260,000 square feet of shops. The Canada Line station and the South Vancouver Bus Loop are next door. The blocks around it go by Marine Landing in City planning documents and in the press.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n It helps to know the station sits at Marpole’s southeast edge. The City’s 2012 planning terms of reference put Marpole’s main shopping area on Granville Street<\/a> and expected the station to bring a new commercial district of its own. Today that district is Marine Gateway, with a Cineplex and a T&T Supermarket. For more places to compare, browse the liv.rent Neighbourhoods guides<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The corner around the station is a young town centre, not an old residential street. In a September 8, 2026 Vancouver Sun feature<\/a>, a resident across from the station said at least three towers now surround him. The area was mostly industrial, with small shops, auto warehouses and big parking lots, when the station opened in 2009. Another resident, who works downtown, said he takes the train to work. He still leaves the area for bigger grocery trips and time outdoors, and he’d like more sit-down restaurants and green space.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The area is still changing, so you’d be moving into a neighbourhood that’s being built around you. The City’s 2021 Marine Landing policies call for a continuous public waterfront trail along the Fraser River, and a 30-storey, 324-room hotel at 8555 Cambie Street is seeking rezoning approval. The Sun also quotes Frank Ducote, a former City senior urban designer, saying the area can take more commercial development with less residential displacement than established low-rise neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Seven buildings stand out within a short walk or a short bus ride of the station. They’re a mix of purpose-built rental buildings, condo towers where owners rent out suites, and one older walk-up. The table gives one confirmed fact for each, and the notes underneath say what that fact means for you.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nWhich part of Vancouver is Marine Drive Station in?<\/h2>\n
What’s it like day to day around the station?<\/h2>\n
Which seven buildings are worth a look near Marine Drive Station?<\/h2>\n