Heritage
Rail Adventure
About the Adventure
Come to Cloverdale and experience the Heritage Rail Adventure!
It all starts at the Cloverdale railway station. This station is the exact replica of the original station built in 1910. In the station you may meet characters from the past telling you their story. You will see “Bill’s Corner Store” selling goods that can only be bought here.
On the outside patio you may experience some live musical performances – some amateur and some professional. Then there are the trains! You will board a fully restored B.C. Electric Interurban Railcar, and ride on a short journey, where you’ll be given the history of the car and told the story of the car’s restoration before returning to the station.
The adventure continues as you get off the train and enter the Discovery Centre world. The learning part of your adventure is seeing our movie in the #1207 theatre. Ring some bells, toot some horns and see the graphics on the story boards.
Buzz down the tracks on the Honey Bee Express. Race on the Family Quad Car. Earn your distinguished button by riding the Velocipede. A very rare experience!
The time goes quickly. About an hour. You are guided out of the centre past our Honey Bee hives and our wildflower meadow back to the Cloverdale Station.
A wonderful, unique railway adventure!
Adventure Schedule
Our 2023 season starts May 6, 2023 and ends October 1, 2023 Saturday and Sunday ONLY, four Adventures each day:
- First Adventure: 10:00 AM
- Second Adventure: 11:30 AM
- Third Adventure: 1:30 PM
- Fourth and Last Adventure: 3 PM
Buying Tickets
Adults: $25.00
Seniors & Students: $18.00
Children 3-11: $12.00
Infants 2 and under: FREE
About the Adventure
Come to Cloverdale and experience the Heritage Rail Adventure!
It all starts at the Cloverdale railway station. This station is the exact replica of the original station built in 1910. In the station you may meet characters from the past telling you their story. You will see “Bill’s Corner Store” selling goods that can only be bought here.
On the outside patio you may experience some live musical performances – some amateur and some professional. Then there are the trains! You will board a fully restored B.C. Electric Interurban Railcar, and ride on a short journey, where you’ll be given the history of the car and told the story of the car’s restoration before returning to the station.
The adventure continues as you get off the train and enter the Discovery Centre world. The learning part of your adventure is seeing our movie in the #1207 theatre. Ring some bells, toot some horns and see the graphics on the story boards.
Buzz down the tracks on the Honey Bee Express. Race on the Family Quad Car. Earn your distinguished button by riding the Velocipede. A very rare experience!
The time goes quickly. About an hour. You are guided out of the centre past our Honey Bee hives and our wildflower meadow back to the Cloverdale Station.
A wonderful, unique railway adventure!
Adventure Schedule
Our 2023 season starts May 6, 2023 and ends October 1, 2023 Saturday and Sunday ONLY, four Adventures each day:
- First Adventure: 10:00 AM
- Second Adventure: 11:30 AM
- Third Adventure: 1:30 PM
- Fourth and Last Adventure: 3 PM
Buying Tickets
Adults: $25.00
Seniors & Students: $18.00
Children 3-11: $12.00
Infants 2 and under: FREE
Is it still educational when it’s this much fun?
Below are some of the activities you can experience on the Heritage Rail Adventure:
Is it still educational when it’s this much fun? Below are some of the activities you can experience on the Heritage Rail Adventure:
The Motorman’s Simulator
Experience the thrill of driving an electric railcar. Sit in the seat of our latest exhibit. The Motorman’s Simulator is a mock-up of the controls of an interurban railcar. The speed controller, brake handle, whistle, bell and a large screen where video simulates the trains movement.
A virtual experience you will never forget!
The Motorman’s Simulator
Experience the thrill of driving an electric railcar. Sit in the seat of our latest exhibit. The Motorman’s Simulator is a mock-up of the controls of an interurban railcar. The speed controller, brake handle, whistle, bell and a large screen where video simulates the trains movement.
A virtual experience you will never forget!
The Quad Car
Our volunteers designed and built a family hand-operated cart. The Family Quad Car is geared to ensure vigorous, yet safe, fun for the family. Operating the hand levers, families direct the cart safely down the tracks. Sometimes it’s hard to stop the laughter.
Come give it a try!
Video courtesy of Angie Lowis, Vancouver Lifestyle Influencer. Website angielowis.com | Instagram @angielowis
The Quad Car
Our volunteers designed and built a family hand-operated cart. The Family Quad Car is geared to ensure vigorous, yet safe, fun for the family. Operating the hand levers, families direct the cart safely down the tracks. Sometimes it’s hard to stop the laughter.
Come give it a try!
Video courtesy of Angie Lowis, Vancouver Lifestyle Influencer. Website angielowis.com | Instagram @angielowis
The Honey Bee Express
Buzz down the tracks on the Honey Bee Express chasing the interurban railcar. When you catch up to it, you watch it switch onto the main track. The interurban then switches direction and runs past the speeder, tooting its horn and waving.
The Honey Bee Express is a refurbished speeder which originally was used by maintenance people on the railway. We built passenger cars for it to pull and therefore it becomes the Honey Bee Express.
Come and experience a close-to-the-track ride!
Video courtesy of Angie Lowis, Vancouver Lifestyle Influencer. Website angielowis.com | Instagram @angielowis
The Honey Bee Express
Buzz down the tracks on the Honey Bee Express chasing the interurban railcar. When you catch up to it, you watch it switch onto the main track. The interurban then switches direction and runs past the speeder, tooting its horn and waving.
The Honey Bee Express is a refurbished speeder which originally was used by maintenance people on the railway. We built passenger cars for it to pull and therefore it becomes the Honey Bee Express.
Come and experience a close-to-the-track ride!
Video courtesy of Angie Lowis, Vancouver Lifestyle Influencer. Website angielowis.com | Instagram @angielowis
The Velocipede
The Velocipede is a one-person, self-propelled maintenance vehicle. We found ours sitting in a local garden holding flower pots. At first we did not know what it was. Doing the research we found pictures and determined how it was supposed to be used. A winter’s worth of work and we had a fully operational vehicle. As part of our tour you will get to drive the velocipede. If you have small children, they can safely ride as passengers. This is one of our most popular experiences.
As a unique souvenir you will earn a button that says ”I Rode The Velocipede”. Wear it with pride!
Children must be 4ft 6ins tall to ride the velocipede.
Video courtesy of Angie Lowis, Vancouver Lifestyle Influencer. Website angielowis.com | Instagram @angielowis
The Velocipede
The Velocipede is a one-person, self-propelled maintenance vehicle. We found ours sitting in a local garden holding flower pots. At first we did not know what it was. Doing the research we found pictures and determined how it was supposed to be used. A winter’s worth of work and we had a fully operational vehicle. As part of our tour you will get to drive the velocipede. If you have small children, they can safely ride as passengers. This is one of our most popular experiences. As a unique souvenir you will earn a button that says ”I Rode The Velocipede”. Wear it with pride!
Children must be 4ft 6ins tall to ride the velocipede.
Video courtesy of Angie Lowis, Vancouver Lifestyle Influencer. Website angielowis.com | Instagram @angielowis
Historical Artifacts
So many interesting things to see, do and learn. Come and check out our comprehensive collection of historical artifacts and learn more about the fascinating history of the B.C. Electric Railway!
Historical Artifacts
So many interesting things to see, do and learn. Come and check out our comprehensive collection of historical artifacts and learn more about the fascinating history of the B.C. Electric Railway!
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We are actively looking for volunteers to help support the activities and operations of the society.
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Our Christmas experience, the Electric Express 2021, has sold out! Thank you to all who purchased tickets!
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.
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