Did you know that sleepy little Steveston used to have its own train station?
This photo from 65 years ago shows the station in the village for the interurban tram car 1235 at the Steveston Station on the Vancouver - Steveston Line.
One of the remnants of that particular mode of transportation – Tram Car 1220 – sits proudly in its own museum at the corner of No. 1 Road and Moncton Street.
The rail line - built and owned by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) in 1902 - ran freight and passenger steam trains.
In 1905, the CPR leased the line to the BC Electric Railway Company (BCER), which electrified the line.
In 1913, BCER added 28 tram cars bought from the St. Louis Car Company in Missouri.
Among these was Tram Car 1220, which today is the largest artefact in the Richmond Museum’s collection.
On Feb. 28, 1958, the final Interurban tram car rolled the rails between Marpole and Steveston, marking the end of an era.
