THE GS TRAM SITE

VANCOUVER

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

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21 Apr. 1955

VIDEOS

Vancouver streetcar ride video Vancouver streetcars video Vancouver interurban video
Above: YouTubeCA video – Downtown Vancouver Streetcar Ride, 1936 – Length: 2:05 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video – Streetcars and Vancouver: Development History Part I 1886 - 1928 – Length: 12:30 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video – BCER Interurban - Downtown Vancouver to Marpole – Length: 10:53 mins.

PHOTOS

Vancouver streetcar photo Vancouver streetcar photo at Stanley Park Vancouver interurban photo

MAPS

VANCOUVER AND THE LOWER FRASER VALLEY

Vancouver & Lower Fraser Valley tram map 1955

VANCOUVER - MAIN MAP

Vancouver tram map 1955

INSET: CENTRAL VANCOUVER

Vancouver centre tram map 1955



I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.


ROUTES

Operator: British Columbia Electric Railway Company (BCER)

URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES (VANCOUVER)

14 Robson St. - Richards St. (back: Granville St.) - Hastings St. - Kootenay Loop

The last day of operation of streetcars in Vancouver was 21 April 1955.

INTERURBAN ROUTES

A4 Marpole - Richmond - Steveston
A5 Marpole - New Westminster

The last days of operation of interurbans in the Vancouver area were:


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



HISTORY

GAUGE

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Transit Museum Society runs vintage interurban streetcars between Granville Island and Science World on weekends and holidays during the summer months. A demonstration service by modern trams from Europe was run on the same line during the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver.


SOURCES

PRINT

WIKIS

WEB SITES



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