VANCOUVER

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

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ABOUT 1940


Vancouver tram map


INSET: DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER

Vancouver downtown tram map


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 - Granville - Pender - Georgia - Stanley Park
11 Joyce Loop - Kingsway - Main - Powell - Cordova - Granville - Pender - Georgia - 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 - Cordova - Granville - Pender - Georgia - 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. - Dempsey 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.



CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • Vancouver streetcar lines: ? km.
  • North Vancouver streetcar lines: 16.4 km.
  • Interurban lines: ? km.