British Columbia Electric Railway

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British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER)

BCER sightseeing trolley car on Granville Street in Vancouver (1910)
Overview
Headquarters	Vancouver
Locale	southwestern British Columbia and Vancouver Island
Dates of operation	1897–1979
Predecessor	National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company Limited (1890); Vancouver Electric Railway and Light Company Limited (1890); Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company (1891)
Successor	BC Hydro, Southern Railway of British Columbia, TransLink (British Columbia), BC Transit
Technical
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge

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Legend
city lines interurban lines North Vancouver Burrard Inlet Vancouver Burnaby New Westminster Fraser River Surrey Langley Abbotsford Chilliwack Richmond Georgia Strait Deep Cove North Saanich Saanich Esquimalt Victoria

The British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) was an historic railway which operated in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Originally the parent company for, and later a division of, BC Electric Company (now BC Hydro), the BCER assumed control of existing streetcar and interurban lines in southwestern British Columbia in 1897, and operated the electric railway systems in the region until the last interurban service was discontinued in 1958.^[1] During and after the streetcar era, BC Electric also ran bus and trolleybus systems in Greater Vancouver and bus service in Greater Victoria; these systems subsequently became part of BC Transit, and the routes in Greater Vancouver eventually came under the control of TransLink. Trolley buses still run in the City of Vancouver with one line extending into Burnaby.