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URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES
Operator: British Columbia Electric Railway Company (BCER)
| 1 | Downtown – Fort St. – Oak Bay Av. – Newport Av. – Windsor Park |
| 2 | Cloverdale – Douglas St. – Government St. – Superior St. – Outer Wharf |
| 3 | Fernwood Rd. – Gladstone Av. – |
| 4 | Downtown – Government St . – Bay St. – Esquimalt Rd. – Esquimalt (Signal Hill) |
| 5 | Downtown – Government St . – Bay St. – Craigflower Rd. – Tillicum Rd. – The Gorge |
| 6 | Cedar Hill Rd. – Hillside Av. – Douglas St. – Fort St. – Cook St. – May St. – Fairfield Rd. – Foul Bay Rd. |
| 9 | Downtown – Fort St. – Cadboro Bay Rd. – Exhibition Park – Dunlevy St. – Uplands Park |
| 10 | Harriet Rd. – Burnside Rd. – Douglas St. – Fort St. – Richmond Rd. – Mount Tolmie Park |
| 11 | Downtown – Fort St. – Cadboro Bay Rd. – Exhibition Park |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Victoria streetcar lines: 37.4 km.
HISTORY
- Streetcars: 22 Feb. 1890 - 03 July 1948.
- Interurban (Victoria - Deep Bay, North Saanich): 18 June 1913 - 1 Nov. 1924.
GAUGE
- Victoria streetcars: 1435 mm. (?)
SOURCES
- Ewert, H. The story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1986.
- Davenport's Commercial Map of Greater Victoria Victoria: Island Blue Print and Map Company, 1921, 1944.
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