The Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society (FVHRS) restores and operates historic interurban streetcar in Surrey, British Columbia. The organization was formed in 2001 and the heritage streetcar system began in June 2013. It is one of two operating historical tramways in the province.
The heritage line is 7.4km (04.6miles) long, using only a small fraction of the original 120km (80miles) interurban line of the British Columbia Electric Railway that connected Vancouver to Chilliwack.
The interurban runs 4 times a day on weekends; the entire journey takes 55 minutes.[1]
One of two operational interurbans is run on weekend, from stations at Cloverdale to Sullivan.
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.
| 1913 | Interurban Streetcar | BCER | 1225 | 1958 | Vancouver, Steveston, and Burnaby | Restored and operational. Runs from Cloverdale Station to Sullivan Station on weekends in the summer.[2] | |||
| 1911 | Interurban Streetcar | BCER | 1304 | 1954 | Nicknamed "The Connaught Car" as The Duke and Duchess of Connaught and Princess Patricia of Connaught rode it while on a royal visit to BC in 1912.[3] | ||||
| 1905 | Interurban Streetcar | BCER | 1207 | 1958 | Restoration ongoing. Currently used as the "1207 Theatre" where visitors board the car and watch a video about the BCER.Donated to FVHRS by the Downtown Historic Railway along with 1231.[4] | ||||
| 1913 | Interurban Streetcar | BCER | 1231 | 1958 | Sister car of 1225. Restoration is ongoing.Donated to FVHRS by the Downtown Historic Railway along with 1207.[5] | ||||
| Railroad Speeder | FVR-11 FVR-12 | Nicknamed the Woodlings speeder. Part of The Honey Bee Express.[6] | |||||||
| Railroad Speeder | FVR2 | Nicknamed the Fairmont speeder. Part of The Honey Bee Express. | |||||||
| Volunteers | Handcar | Designed and built by volunteers, The Family Quad Car sits 4 people and is hand operated.[7] | |||||||
| Velocipede | CN | 22128 | Previously used in the Mt. Robson area. | Visitors can ride the Velocipede, which was restored by FVHRS.[8] |