TransLink has been granted an injuntion to keep protesters off its property.
The injuntion only applies to SkyTrain facilities, including Commercial-Broadway Station in East Vancouver, where a protest is planned to start Wednesday evening.
"TransLink has been granted an injunction to prevent protesters from physically obstructing, interfering or otherwise impeding its SkyTrain facilities," reads a statement from the transit authority.
"While TransLink supports the right to peaceful protest, the safety of our customers and our staff is our priority and we must protect the hundreds of thousands of people who rely on the Expo, Millenium and Canada lines."
TransLink filed an injunction application with B.C. Supreme Court earlier Wednesday, initially asking protesters be prevented from occupying any of its facilities.
A protest is planned for Wednesday evening, starting at 5 p.m., at the intersection of Broadway and Commercial Drive, next to the Commercial-Broadway SkyTrain station.
TransLink is warning bus customers that the injunction doesn't prevent protests at the intersection itself, and they should be prepared for bus detours and delays.
Wednesday's planned action is in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs who oppose Coastal GasLink’s pipeline project in northern B.C.
Commercial-Broadway is one of the busiest stations in Metro Vancouver’s transit system, according to TransLink, with more than 25,000 customers passing through each day.
Last week, a handful of Wet’suwet’en supporters blocked the Canadian Pacific tracks along the Pitt River rail bride, causing TransLink to cancel all West Coast Express trains Thursday evening and Friday morning.
B.C. Ferries was granted an injunction last week, in order to keep protesters from blocking any of its terminals.
