Fraser Valley Historical Railway Society

The Fraser Valley Historical Railway Society is restoring an old interurban streetcar system, which it plans to operate as a heritage streetcar system, centered on Surrey, British Columbia.[1][2] The heritage service began in June 2013.[1][2][3]It is one of two operating historical tramways in the province.

The 7.4-kilometre route passes through both rural and developed sections of Surrey.
The line's vehicles does not use a trolley-pole, instead it is powered by a generator towed on a small flatcar.

System

The heritage line is 7.4-kilometre (4.6 mi) long,[3] using only a small fraction of the original 120-kilometre (75 mi) interurban line of the British Columbia Electric Railway that connected Vancouver to Chilliwack.[3]

The interurban runs 4 times a day on weekends; the entire journey takes 55 minutes.[4]

One of two operational interurbans is run on weekend, from stations at Cloverdale to Sullivan.[5]

Volunteers restored the stations to their appearance at the height of the old line's service.

In 2016, the Edmonton Radial Railway Society donated the former Edmonton Transit Service 2001, a 1912 electric locomotive that once ran on this rail line. This locomotive was in turn donated to the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society in 2017. This is because the Oregon Electric Railway was the original owner of this locomotive.

See also

References
  1. Jennifer Lang (June 19, 2013). "Full throttle for rail revival in Cloverdale". Cloverdale Reporter. Archived from the original on April 2, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2014. The Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society is set to launch weekend runs on the original Interurban passenger rail line from Cloverdale to Sullivan return starting this Sunday.
  2. John Buker (June 27, 2013). "Old interurban sparks interest in rail for the Fraser Valley". CKWX News1130. Archived from the original on 2014-04-02. Last weekend, the old interurban electric started rolling the rails again between Cloverdale and Sullivan in Surrey, a heritage project with service on weekends that aims to expand to Scott Road and possibly east into the Valley.
  3. Peter McMartin (July 18, 2013). "The return of the Interurban rail system (with video)". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  4. "Fraser Valley Heritage Railway". Fraser Valley Historical Railway Society. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  5. "Heritage rail station nears completion in Cloverdale". Cloverdale Reporter. March 27, 2013. Archived from the original on April 2, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2014. A slice of railway history is coming to life at the foot of 176A Street, where a faithful replica of the original B.C. Electric Railway station that acted as a bustling commuter passenger hub for decades is nearly complete.

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