Sullivan
Station
An Icon of the Fraser Valley Line
An icon of the British Columbia Electric Railway’s Fraser Valley line, the original Sullivan Station was built in 1909, and provided shelter for passengers for over 40 years until the passenger system was terminated in 1950.
FVHRS plans to restore the original station, and has built a replicated station to be used as a functional building once the Fraser Valley line is operational with heritage interurbans.
In 2020, the City of Surrey unanimously approved planning to activate the Sullivan Station. We are now requesting this project be included in the city’s 2023 budget.
The station will require construction of a new rail siding, similar to Cloverdale Station, for boarding the car, a doubling of the platform length to accommodate eventually a two car consist. We will need an electric lift to accommodate people with disabilities like the one at Cloverdale Station. As well, water, sanitary and hydro connections are required, along with the construction of a washroom in the station.
An Icon of the Fraser Valley Line
An icon of the British Columbia Electric Railway’s Fraser Valley line, the original Sullivan Station was built in 1909, and provided shelter for passengers for over 40 years until the passenger system was terminated in 1950.
FVHRS plans to restore the original station, and has built a replicated station to be used as a functional building once the Fraser Valley line is operational with heritage interurbans.
In 2020, the City of Surrey unanimously approved planning to activate the Sullivan Station. We are now requesting this project be included in the city’s 2023 budget.
The station will require construction of a new rail siding, similar to Cloverdale Station, for boarding the car, a doubling of the platform length to accommodate eventually a two car consist. We will need an electric lift to accommodate people with disabilities like the one at Cloverdale Station. As well, water, sanitary and hydro connections are required, along with the construction of a washroom in the station.
The History of Sullivan Station
Sullivan Station was a 10 foot by 12 foot wooden shed that was the second grandest BCER station along the 13 mile-long Surrey section of the interurban railway line that stretched 63.8 miles to Chilliwack from its starting point in downtown Vancouver, and provided an important link for those east of Cloverdale to the markets of New Westminster and Vancouver.
Passenger service ceased on the BCER Fraser Valley line in 1950, however Sullivan Station remained on its site until late 1968 when it was moved to Clow Farm on 156th Street. It was returned to Sullivan in September, 2003 to the yards of the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society’s Sullivan Station Car Barn. The Society will be restoring the station in conjunction with the Sullivan Community Association.
The History of Sullivan Station
Sullivan Station was a 10 foot by 12 foot wooden shed that was the second grandest BCER station along the 13 mile-long Surrey section of the interurban railway line that stretched 63.8 miles to Chilliwack from its starting point in downtown Vancouver, and provided an important link for those east of Cloverdale to the markets of New Westminster and Vancouver.
Passenger service ceased on the BCER Fraser Valley line in 1950, however Sullivan Station remained on its site until late 1968 when it was moved to Clow Farm on 156th Street. It was returned to Sullivan in September, 2003 to the yards of the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society’s Sullivan Station Car Barn. The Society will be restoring the station in conjunction with the Sullivan Community Association.
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This rail car at the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society will be raised for the next 12 - 24 months while the motor and other technical parts are restored to working order.
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Spent a lovely morning with the volunteers at the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society last week. Nickel Bros raises the trains here to allow access to restore undercarriage parts like the motors and wheel assemblies. If you haven`t paid this site a visit, make sure it`s on your summer to-do list!
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Our Christmas experience, the Electric Express 2021, has sold out! Thank you to all who purchased tickets!
A little bit of Nickel Bros heritage is now on display at the Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society!
This train has been raised to allow for restoration of the motors and wheel assembly. Did you know that just one of these train cars has a total of 4 motors?? #OurPurposeIsToRepurpose
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Take the Electric Express this Christmas! Get your tickets now before they sell out!
Shake the snow globe and travel back in time with the Electric Express to 1921. See the characters, hear the Christmas music, experience the stories of the Fraser Valley one hundred years ago.
Feel the magic of Christmas as we visit Father Christmas in his secret workshop. You will want to bring your whole family to enjoy our theatrical event that is sure to warm your heart and make you laugh.
This is a heritage railway theatrical experience that takes place on the train run on our 1/2-mile section of our track, with a destination visit to the secret workshop of Father Christmas. Please note the train does not run to Sullivan Station, it travels a short distance up our spur line and back to Father Christmas’s Secret Workshop. The Electric Express experience is approximately 50 minutes long.
This experience will set the scene for the start of a wonderful Christmas season.
Receive a souvenir button! Sat. Dec. 11 and Sun. Dec.12 - 4 trips each day.
All tickets must be purchased online at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/fvhrs-the-electric-express-2021-tickets-192761323307
More information at www.fvhrs.org
*Masks and proof of vaccination are required.
Please share this post with your friends! The Monster Express sold out last month, don`t miss this opportunity to get your tickets before they are gone!
The Monster Mash!
We missed the main car, but got a ride in the little speed car. What a great experience put on by the #fraservalleyheritagerailwaysociety #Cloverdale #railway #connaught #Sullivan #experience #brooksideinnabbotsford #boutiquehotel #romantic #reservation #heritage #honeymoon #hotel #abbotsford #agritourism #tourismabbotsford #tripadvisor
On the Monster Express riding by the Witches Coven!
In 1913 this was rapid transit from Vancouver to Chilliwack and the track still exists from NWest to Wack - superior to current rapid transit to the Valley - 100 years behind it seems - this runs on weekend by the Heritage Railway Society #explorebc #electrictrain #railway #fraservalleyheritagerailway #train #cloverdale #surrey #traincrossing #vintagetrain #bcelectricrailway #car1225
Thank you to all the monsters, big and small, who made this year`s Monster Express such a sold out success! We could not have done this without our marvelous volunteers or you, our passengers! Looking forward to our next special event, the Electric Express! Stay tuned for information about a December theatrical event!
Thank you to everyone who has purchased tickets to the Monster Express! It is now sold out! However, you have one last chance to ride Surrey`s Heritage Rail this season, and that`s, this Saturday, October 9, we still have a few tickets left! All aboard!
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