THE GS TRAM SITE

VANCOUVER

BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA

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17 Aug. 2009

The renewed Vancouver rail-based public transportation system after the opening of the Canada Line metro system.

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ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP

C/B Commercial/Broadway VC Vancouver City College (VCC)-Clark


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

Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.


ROUTES

Owner: TransLink

SKY TRAIN (ELEVATED/UNDERGROUND AUTOMATED LIGHT RAIL)

E Expo Line Waterfront - Main St./Science World - Commercial/Broadway - Burnaby Metrotown - New Westminster - Surrey King George
M Millennium Line Waterfront - Main St./Science World - Commercial/Broadway - Burnaby Metrotown - New Westminster - Lougheed Town Centre - Brentwood Town Centre - Commercial/Broadway - VCC-Clark

The route designations E and M are for convenience only, and are not used by TransLink.

CANADA LINE (CLASSIC UNDERGOUND/METRO LINE)

M Canada Line Waterfront - Broadway/City Hall - Langara/49th Av. - Bridgeport - [Vancouver International Airport] / [Richmond Brighouse]

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.


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