British Columbia

===Rail===
{{see also|Canadian Pacific Railway in British Columbia}}

[[File:Eastbound over SCB.jpg|thumb|upright|CPR train traversing the [[Stoney Creek Bridge]]]]
Rail development expanded greatly in the decades after the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] was completed, in 1885, and was the chief mode of long-distance surface transportation until the expansion and improvement of the provincial highways system began in the 1950s. Two major routes through the [[Yellowhead Pass]] competed with the Canadian Pacific Railway – the [[Grand Trunk Pacific]], terminating at Prince Rupert, and the [[Canadian Northern Railway]], terminating at Vancouver.

The [[British Columbia Electric Railway]] provided rail services in Victoria and Vancouver between the nineteenth century and mid twentieth century.

The [[Pacific Great Eastern]] line supplemented this service, providing a north–south route between interior resource communities and the coast. The Pacific Great Eastern (later known as British Columbia Railway and now owned by Canadian National Railway) connects Fort St James, Fort Nelson, and [[Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia|Tumbler Ridge]] with [[North Vancouver (city)|North Vancouver]]. The E&N Railway, rebranded as the [[Island Rail Corridor]], formerly served the commercial and passenger train markets of Vancouver Island. Service along the route is now minimal. Vancouver Island was also host to the [[Englewood Railway|last logging railway in North America]] until its closure in 2017.

Current passenger services in British Columbia are limited. [[Via Rail Canada]] operates 10 long-distance trains per week on two lines.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.viarail.ca/sites/all/files/media/pdfs/schedules/VIARail_Timetable.pdf |title=Via Rail Timetable |website=Via Rail Canada |access-date=January 10, 2019 |archive-date=December 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218103920/https://www.viarail.ca/sites/all/files/media/pdfs/schedules/VIARail_Timetable.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Local services are limited to two regions, with [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]] providing rapid transit and commuter services in the [[Lower Mainland]] and by the [[Seton Lake Indian Band]] South of [[Lillooet]] with the [[Kaoham Shuttle]]. [[Amtrak]] runs international passenger service between Vancouver, [[Seattle]], and intermediate points.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our Train Schedules |url=https://www.amtrakcascades.com/our-train-schedules |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111055035/https://www.amtrakcascades.com/our-train-schedules |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |access-date=January 10, 2019 |website=[[Amtrak Cascades]] |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Transportation]]}}</ref>

Several [[heritage railway]]s operate within the province, including the [[White Pass & Yukon Route]] that runs between [[Alaska]] and the [[Yukon]] via British Columbia.