North Vancouver trams

The North Vancouver tram system is operated by the BC Hydro Railway under contract to the Greater Vancouver Transit Authority. The three North Vancouver tram lines are all that remains of a once-extensive network of trams in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia with lines in Vancouver, New Westminster, and North Vancouver.

Single-zone fares are applicable to travel on the North Vancouver trams at all times.

Rolling stock


For fifty years, the three North Vancouver tram lines were worked by cars 150–159, built in 1908, cars 160–162, built in 1910, and cars 219–229, dating to 1911. When the last tram line in Vancouver was closed, the newest of the PCC cars - cars 404–420, built in 1944, and cars 421–435, built in 1945 - were transferred to the North Shore to replace the half-century old wooden trams with modern equipment. With the increase in the size of the fleet from 23 to 32 cars, the car barn and shops, located on the lot between 3rd and 4th Streets and between St David's and Ridgeway Avenues, were expanded. From then until 1974, the 53-seat PCC cars provided reliable service until being replaced by new equipment.

Numbered 501-525, these cars, made in West Germany by DUEWAG with Siemens electrical components, were essentially identical to the Type P trams used in Frankfurt am Main. Although only 25 units were delivered in 1974, they represented a significant increase in capacity, as they had 62 seats and space for 180 standees; and, unlike the PCC cars which were single units, each Type P unit was an articulated two-part set. The Type P trams were retired in 2016, when the new Škoda 15T trams arrived from Czechia. Numbered 601–636, these are articulated, two-part sets of a fully low-floor design allowing for easy accessibility.

1908-built car 153, PCC car 429, and Type P unit 501 are preserved in operating condition and are often put into scheduled operations at weekends in the summer months.