VICTORIA

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ROUTES

Operator: British Columbia Electric Railway Company (BCER)

URBAN STREETCAR ROUTES

1	Downtown – Fort St. – Oak Bay
2	Cloverdale – Douglas St. – Government St. – Downtown – Outer Wharf
3	Fernwood – Downtown – Beacon Hill Park
4	Downtown – Government St . – Bay St. – Esquimalt
5	Downtown – Government St . – Bay St. – The Gorge
6	Hillside – Douglas St. – Downtown – Fort St. – Cook St. – Foul Bay
9	Downtown – Fort St. – Uplands
10	Burnside – Douglas St. – Downtown – Fort St. – Mount Tolmie Park
11	Downtown – Fort St. – Exhibition Park

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Victoria streetcar lines: 37.4 km.



HISTORY

• Streetcars: 22 Feb. 1890 - 03 July 1948.

GAUGE

• Victoria streetcars: 1435 mm. (?)

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SOURCES

PRINT

• 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.

WIKIS

• British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) [En]

WEB SITES

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