Trolley buses in Vancouver

Vancouver trolley bus system
New Flyer E40LFR at Marine Drive station
Operation
LocaleVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Open16 August 1948; 76 years ago (1948-08-16)
Routes13 (list of routes)
Operator(s)
Infrastructure
Electrification600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot(s)Vancouver Transit Centre
Statistics
Route length315 km (195.7 mi)[1]
Daily ridershipMore than 100,000[2]
WebsiteOfficial website

The Vancouver trolley bus system forms part of the TransLink public transport network serving Metro Vancouver in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Opened in 1948, the system was originally owned and operated by the British Columbia Electric Railway. By 1954, Vancouver had the largest trolley bus fleet in Canada, with 327 units,[3] and the fleet grew to an all-time peak of 352 in early 1957.[4]: 20  There were 19 routes by 1955 and a peak of 20 by the second quarter of 1957. The last route to open in the 1950s was the only express trolley bus service that ever existed in Canada.[4]: 22 [5]: 202  Several, mostly short, extensions to the system were constructed in the 1980s and later.

The trolley bus system presently comprises 13 routes and is managed by the Coast Mountain Bus Company, a subsidiary of TransLink. It uses a fleet of 262 trolley buses, of which 74 are articulated vehicles. It has the second-largest trolley bus fleet in Canada and the U.S.[2]

  1. ^ Coling, Adrienne (13 March 2015). "Trolley buses: a historical transit lesson". The Buzzer Blog. TransLink. Archived from the original on 6 June 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "TransLink celebrates 75 years of trolley bus service". TransLink. 15 August 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
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