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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.
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.
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 ...
Toronto Transit Commission Flyer trolley bus no. 9228, operating on route 63-Ossington, 1987. This is a list of trolley bus systems in Canada by province. It includes all trolley bus systems, past and present.
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 ...
The last vestiges of British Columbia Electric Railway's streetcar and interurban rail system were dismantled in 1958; many of the urban lines were replaced by trolley bus routes of the Vancouver trolley bus system, which opened in 1948.
Vancouver is actively maintaining and upgrading its trolleybus fleet. 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.
Vancouver City Centre Marine Drive [TROLLEY] / [TROLLEY] [ARTICULATED] [21] [22] 14 UBC Hastings Kootenay Loop. Downtown Homer at Hastings [DOWNTOWN] Waterfront Granville Vancouver City Centre [TROLLEY] [NO EVENING] Hastings portion. [23] [24] 15 Olympic Village Station: Cambie Marine Drive station: Olympic Village Broadway–City Hall King ...