The rise and fall of the BC inter-urban railway

"The BC Electric Inter-Urban Railway ran trams from New Westminster to Chilliwack from 1912 to 1950" https://www.surreynowleader.com/community/north-delta-history-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-inter-urban-railway-2947692

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Electric_Railway#Interurban_rail_lines

https://maps.nicholsonroad.com/bcer/

https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=3498

https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=3111

https://fvhrs.org/history/

https://buildchilliwack.com/a-rail-idea-that-wont-quit-revisiting-fraser-valley-rail-proposals/

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/fraser-valley-metro-vancouver-regional-rail-west-coast-express

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6578199

Pattullo Bridge fully closing to traffic for multiple days

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/pattullo-bridge-full-closure-long-weekend

Backwards BC has always had a problem with proper planning for future infrastructure capacity. In the 1930s, NW was the remnant of a small backwater provincial capital. In the late 1800s or the early 1900s, NW could have absorbed what is today known as the Tri-Cities. There could have been better cooperation with Surrey to become a proper river metropolis region. 

Unfortunatly, in the 1930s it was still amazing just to have plumbing & electricity in Surrey. So to have a Pattullo-Bridge (PB) with 4 wagon roads on it, was also amazing. Apparently, there was only enough funds to have one sidewalk. The PB should have been on a similar scale as the Burrard_St._Bridge, with 6 lanes & 2 sidewalks & even a provision for a lower tram-train deck. But in backwards BC such forward planning is difficult.

Of course the Burrard+Street+Bridge was reduced to 4 lanes and the replacement of the 4 lane Pattullo+Bridge will only open with 4 lanes. Of course there is no provision for a rail transit line on it.

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Pattullo+Bridge

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=the+BC+inter-urban+railway

https://jfdatalinks.blogspot.com/search?q=Tri-Cities