After the Olympic Line carried locals and visitors alike between Granville Island and the Olympic Village Canada Line station, the Downtown Historic Railway will be returning to the rails. The Transit Museum Society hopes to be rolling again in mid to late July, but has not finalized hours of operation.
The Downtown Historic Railway operates two historic interurban streetcars: numbers 1207 and 1231. The streetcars were built in 1905 and 1912 respectively and were run by the British Columbia Electric Railway, right up until the end of service in 1958.
Due to construction along the eastern portion of the line, the streetcars will run between Granville Island and the Olympic Village (Leg-in-Boot) station and will no longer continue onwards to the Science World station.
