"Olympic Line" redirects here. For the railway in Sydney, see Olympic Park railway line.
Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway
Streetcar No.1207
Overview
Status
Indefinitely suspended
Owner
City of Vancouver
Service
Type
Heritage streetcar, seasonal
Services
1
Operator(s)
Transit Museum Society
History
Opened
July 29, 1998
Closed
October 2011
Technical
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Old gauge
4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification
600 V DC
Map of Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway
Legend
Granville Island
Alder Crossing
Moberly Road
Leg-in-Boot
W 1st Avenue
Columbia Street
Ontario Street
Science World
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The Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway was a heritage electric railway line that operated from 1998 to 2011 between Granville Island and Science World (Olympic Village Station after 2009), in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It operated only on weekends and holidays, usually from May to mid-October, and was aimed primarily at tourists. Two restored interurban trams were used on the line, which used a former freight railway right-of-way.
The line was owned by the City of Vancouver. The cars were operated by volunteers from the Transit Museum Society. The car shown (1207) was privately owned. By 2018 both tram cars (1207 and 1231) have been donated and moved to the Fraser Valley Historical Railway in Cloverdale.
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