Vancouver — Streetcar Study

Rail Transit Online, August 2004

The city of Vancouver has authorized further study of a proposed streetcar line serving the primary tourist destinations of Canada Place, Gastown, Chinatown and southeastern False Creek, with an eventual extension to Stanley Park.  It would be an extension of a popular heritage trolley line using two restored BC Electric Interurban cars operated during summer weekends and holidays by the city and the Transit Museum Society between Granville Island and Science World.  The project would cost an estimated C$65 million and could carry up to five million passengers a year.  The city council has endorsed the route in principal but must still approve construction and appropriate funding.