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Served as a canteen for the Vancouver Fire department from the mid-1950s until 1984. Restored to original Pacific Stage Lines specifications and donated to the Transit Museum Society in 1986. 1947 Canadian Car-Brill Model T-44 trolley coach, B. C. Electric #2040. One of the first trolleybuses for Vancouver to replace streetcar lines starting in ...
The Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway was a heritage electric railway line that operated from 1998 to 2011 between Granville Island and Science World (Olympic Village Station after 2009), in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It operated only on weekends and holidays, usually from May to mid-October, and was aimed primarily at tourists.
Opened in 1948, the system was originally owned and operated by the British Columbia Electric Railway. By 1954, Vancouver had the largest trolley bus fleet in Canada, with 327 units, [3] and the fleet grew to an all-time peak of 352 in early 1957. [4]: 20 There were 19 routes by 1955 and a peak of 20 by the second quarter of 1957.
With purchases of 188 E40LFRs and 74 E60LFRs from New Flyer Industries (in 2005–2009), [12] the trolley network serves the downtown core and much of the city of Vancouver proper with fully wheelchair-accessible and bicycle-friendly zero-emission buses.
Ontario Northland Railway operates a passenger service between Cochrane and Moosonee making use of a fleet with heritage value. Via Rail Canada operates equipment dating back as far as 1947 [ 4 ] on all its routes, notably featuring Park cars built by Canadian Pacific Railway on The Canadian , The Ocean , the Jasper-Prince Rupert train , and ...
The trolleybuses running along Main Street (#3), Granville Street (#10) and Oak Street (#17)—as well as the former trolleybus route on Cambie Street (#15)—have their southern termini located at a bus exchange at Marine Drive station, enabling easy transfers for passengers traveling between Vancouver, Richmond, and the Vancouver ...
The British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) was a historic railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.Originally the parent company for, and later a division of, BC Electric Company (now BC Hydro), the BCER assumed control of existing streetcar and interurban lines in southwestern British Columbia in 1897, and operated the electric railway systems in the region until the ...
Compass Mini-Trolley Blue Adult fare 4000 adult and 1000 concession products were released. Released on August 16, 2023. It is a miniature shaped like a trolley bus and commemorates 75 years of trolley bus service in Metro Vancouver. [51] Orange Concession fare DC Super Hero: Superman: Adult Fare 1000 cards of each superhero were released.