VANCOUVER

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INSET: DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER

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ROUTES

Operator: British Columbia Electric Railway Company (BCER)

URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES (VANCOUVER)

1	Granville - Broadway - Main - Hastings - Granville (circular route; both directions)
2	Denman - Robson (back: Davie) - Granville - Cordova - Main - 33rd Ave. & Main
3	Denman - Robson (back: Davie) - Granville - Cordova - Main - Fraser River (North Arm)
4	18th & Commercial - Commercial - Venables - Clark - Hastings - Richards - Granville Bridge - 4th Ave. - 4th. & Alma
5	Denman - Davie (back: Robson) - Granville - Hastings - Main - Broadway - Broadway & Findlay (just past Commercial)
6	49th & Fraser - Fraser - Kingsway - Main - Cordova - Granville - 41st Ave. - Kerrisdale (West Boulevard)
7	Marine Drive & Fraser - Fraser - Kingsway - Main - Cordova - Granville - 41st Ave. - 41st & Dunbar
9	44th & Victoria - Victoria Dr. - Kingsway - Main - Powell - Cordova - Main Post Office (Hastings & Granville)
10	54th & Victoria - Victoria Dr. - Kingsway - Main - Powell - Cordova - Pender - Stanley Park
11	Joyce Loop - Kingsway - Main - Powell - Cordova - Pender - Stanley Park
12	Downtown (Hastings) - Granville (back: Robson - Richards) - Granville - BCER Bridge - Kitsilano Loop
13	(10th & Sasamat - 10th Ave. [this direction only]) / (41st & Dunbar - Dunbar) - Alma - Broadway - Granville - Davie - Richards - Hastings - Renfrew - Dundas & Renfrew (Exhibition Park)
14	(4th & Drummond - 4th Ave. - Sasamat - 10th Ave. [this direction only]) / (41st & Dunbar - Dunbar) - Alma - Broadway - Granville - Davie - Richards - Hastings - Boundary & Hastings
15	Boundary & Hastings - Hastings - Richards - Davie - Granville - Broadway - Alma - 10th Ave. - 10th & Sasamat [this direction only]
16	Boundary & Hastings - Hastings - Richards - Davie - Granville - Broadway - Alma - 10th Ave. - Sasamat - 4th Ave. - 4th & Drummond [this direction only]
17	Cambie & Hastings - Cambie - Broadway - Oak - Marine Drive & Oak
18	Nanaimo & Hastings - Nanaimo - Broadway - Broadway & Findlay
19	Downtown (Granville & Hastings) - Cordova (back: Hastings) - Cordova - Powell - Powell & Commercial
20	Downtown (Granville & Hastings) - Cordova (back: Hastings) - Cordova - Powell - Dundas - Eton (back: McGill) - Kaslo
?	Francis & Victoria Dr. - Francis - Georgia - Main - Hastings - Pender - Stanley Park
?	Broadway & Oak - Oak - 16th Ave. - 16th & Main
?	25th & Granville - 25th Ave. (King Edward Ave.) - 25th & Oak
?	Hastings & Boundary - Hastings - Ellesmere (in Burnaby)

NB: The last four routes have unknown route numbers.

URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES (NORTH VANCOUVER)

1	North Vancouver Ferry Terminal - Lonsdale - Windsor Rd. & Lonsdale
2	North Vancouver Ferry Terminal - 1st Str. E.- Grand Blvd. - Lynn Valley Rd. - Demsey Rd.
3	North Vancouver Ferry Terminal - 1st Str. W - Mahon - Marine Dr. - Fell Ave. - 20th. Str. - 22nd Str. - Capilano River

The last day of operation of street cars in North Vancouver was: 23 April 1947

INTERURBAN ROUTES

A1	Hastings & Carrall - Central Park (Burnaby) - New Westminster
A2	Hastings & Carrall - Burnaby Lake - New Westminster
A3	Vancouver (Pacific & Richards) - Granville - Arbutus - Marpole
A4	Vancouver (Pacific & Richards) - Granville - Arbutus - Marpole - Richmond - Steveston
A5	Vancouver (Pacific & Richards) - Granville - Arbutus - Marpole - New Westminster

NB: The route numbers given above are those used in a later source. It is possible that in 1940 the interurban routes had only names, not numbers.

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Vancouver streetcar lines: ? km.
• North Vancouver streetcar lines: ? km.
• Interurban lines: ? km.



HISTORY

• Vancouver streetcars: (electric) 28 June 1890 - 21 Apr. 1955.
• North Vancouver streetcars: (electric) 1 Sept. 1906 - 23 Apr. 1947.
• Interurban trams: (electric) 3 June 1891 - 28 Feb. 1958.
• SkyTrain: 3 Jan. 1986 - today.

GAUGE

• Vancouver streetcars: 1453 mm.
• SkyTrain: 1435 mm.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• Conn, H. & Ewert, H. Vancouver's glory years: Public transit 1890-1915. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 2003.
• "End of city trams in Vancouver" (news item), The Modern Tramway, July 1955 (18:211), p.142.
• Ewert, H. The story of the B.C. Electric Railway Company. North Vancouver: Whitecap Books, 1986.
• Transit System Map of Vancouver, B.C. [Vancouver]: Challengers Cartographers, 1949, 1952 and 1954.

WIKIS

• British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) [En]
• Canada Line [En]
• Evergreen Line [En]
• SkyTrain (Vancouver) [En]
• TransLink (Vancouver) [En]
• Transportation in Vancouver [En]

WEB SITES

• A brief history of transit in Victoria and the Lower Mainland [En]
• Canadian Street Railways [En]
• The History of Metropolitan Vancouver [En]
• History of the B.C. Electric Railway Company [En]
• TransLink [En]