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The Edmonton Radial Railway Society operates two streetcar routes and a railway museum.
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11/02/2026

DING DING!
The ERRS Christmas Car is BACK on the High Level Bridge for the 2026 Holiday Season!
We are offering both pre-ticketed passenger service and Charters across the High Level Bridge, starting Nov 29 and running to December 20th. Tickets are limited, and must be booked in advance. Go to edmontonstreetcars.ca for ticketing.
As well, we will be doing free, first come first served short-turn rides for this year’s Winter Whyte Light Up on November 28th.
Info on bookings:
Cold-weather cutoff for service is -20c, based on weather forecasts. We will be sending out cancellation notices and refunds 24h in advance of any services cancelled due to cold weather.
Cancellations due to mechanical or snowfall issues will be communicated with as much notice as possible.
All services are in Edmonton 33, our original Edmonton streetcar from 1912. In historically-accurate fashion, the car has minimal heat; please dress appropriately for the weather.
Please go to Edmontonstreetcars.ca for more info and tickets. We’re very excited to offer this service again this year; we hope to see you there!

Huge thank you to Timothy J. Campbell for creating this video for us!

08/19/2026

No special info or fun fact to share,
Just a couple sunset pics from the cab of 930 taken this weekend!
Fringe service is special; we run regular passenger service until 9pm every day of the festival, meaning our cars are running across the bridge during sunset with regular passengers on board. Normally we are only out this late for private charters; Fringe is an opportunity for any casual passenger to see the best sunsets in the city.
We're running every day of Fringe. Try to fit us in to your plans to catch your evening shows, the views are great!
Info about how to ride, ticketing, and a full schedule can be found on edmontonstreetcars.ca

08/11/2026

FRINGE!
We don't have any funny quips to open with (we'll leave that to the comedians and improv performers, we just drive the streetcar) but we are VERY excited for Fringe 2026!
ERRS will be running a special schedule across the High Level Bridge all Fringe long, with service between Jasper Plaza and our special Fringe stop, directly North of the Fringe Theatre main box office.
Services start 11am Monday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, 4pm Tuesday, and Wednesday, and an early 9am start on Saturdays. Services run until 9pm every day of Fringe. Note, our Whyte Avenue and Strathcona stops are closed from Aug 13-Aug 23, and our wheelchair ramp will be out of service.
Please refer to Edmontonstreetcars.ca for full schedules; info can be found on the "Fringe Festival 2026 Schedule" page under 'Plan Your Visit'.
We expect the streetcar to be very busy during Fringe, especially on the weekends. To help capacity and keep exits clear, we cannot guarantee strollers, wagons, or other baggage will be allowed on the car. Please travel light if riding the streetcar.

06/05/2026

Streetcar Saturday is tomorrow (June 6) at Fort Edmonton Park! We will have our cars out running and on display and in service all day. The restoration barn will also be open for tours! Included in park admission, open with the park, 10am -5pm. We hope to see you there!

06/01/2026

DING DING!
ERRS has big plans for this Saturday! We're bringing back Streetcar Saturday for 2026, this coming Saturday, June 6th.
We will be helping Fort Edmonton Park celebrate Locomotive 107's 107th birthday this Saturday, with special streetcar programming all day both in the restoration barn and on the rails!
ERRS will be running a streetcar parade (during Locomotive 107's lunch break, we don't want to pull focus!) starting at 1:15. We will have two cars running all day, rotating through our operational fleet. Saskatoon 200 will be on static display all day, and the restoration barn will be open for tours all day. Come see how we restore and maintain the streetcars!
Come to Fort Edmonton Park this Saturday (June 6) and help us celebrate Locomotive 107, and see our streetcars in action!

05/12/2026

Who’s ready for the weekend? WE ARE!
Streetcar service starts on both our Fort Edmonton and High Level Bridge lines this weekend, with service at Fort Edmonton starting with the park’s opening on May 16, and service on the High Level Bridge starting on May 15.
We’re excited to offer card payment options on the High Level Bridge line, new this year. If you want to ride the streetcar, you no longer need cash! Tickets can be purchased from the conductors on the car, or from our ticket sellers. We will be providing 2-car service all weekend on the High Level Bridge. Refer to our website for a full schedule. Service starts 11am Friday-Monday, 9am early start on Saturday for the market.
We expect to be busy, so please note the following:
All services are first-come, first serve. Tickets or seats on the car cannot be reserved in advance.
Passenger capacity limits. Cars have capacity limits and we may not take all patrons on the car if doing so would exceed our capacity.
We cannot guarantee space for strollers and other mobility aids. Conductors may deny access if the car is too full to safely accommodate them.
Open food and drink is not permitted on the cars.
We’re excited for this weekend, and we hope to see you there!

05/09/2026

You might recognize this other operated from the well known stories written about it...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz02347714mo

05/05/2026

STREETCAR GEEKY INCOMING! Streetcar service starts on the High Level Bridge May 15th and at Fort Edmonton Park on May 16th, and we’re celebrating with fun facts!
ERRS is adding card payment to High Level Bridge service this year, making it easier to ride the streetcar. Schedules and info can be found at Edmontonstreetcars.ca.
And now, round 2 of streetcar fun facts!
Saskatoon 200: built as as combination sweeper-line car in 1907, Sask 200 is an incredibly rare example of a chain-driven snow sweeper. Rather than source a special motor for the brushes, Ottawa Car Co. economized when building 200: they took a spare (2000lb, 40hp) drive motor and put it in the cab to drive the brooms. This spins the brushes at 300rpm, with an absurd amount of torque!
Edmonton 33: 33 is Our second-oldest Edmonton car, dating to 1912. 33 is restored to its original condition, but it has a twin, Edmonton 42, which is what 33 would have looked like in the 1930s.
Edmonton 42: 42 is our workhorse car at Fort Edmonton, having served in the park for over 40 years, longer than it ran for the original ERR. 42 has had a colourful life; in 1914, a woman went in to labour on the car, and before it could get to a hospital, a boy had been born. Peter Budnyk would live to visit 42 at Fort Edmonton post-restoration in the 1980s.
Toronto Suburban 24: This car (or parts of it) is our oldest streetcar. The body was built in 1914 on a truck from 1897! We aren’t sure where 24’s truck came from, but it’s the oldest rolling item ERRS has on rails.
Melbourne 930: Built in 1947 as an SW6 class tram, Melbourne 930 is our workhorse on the High Level Bridge. 930 has a novel, relay-based control system, using big (shoebox-sized) circuit breakers under the car to control power to the motors as opposed to switching in the cab, reducing fire risk.
The best way to learn about the streetcars is to come for a ride! Visit us at both of our lines this May long weekend and all summer long! Info at Edmontonstreetcars.ca

04/28/2026

…Is the snow done? Can we talk about summer stuff finally?
ERRS is ready for another great season! Service starts on the High Level Bridge May 15th and at Fort Edmonton Park on May 16th. Both lines have exciting new additions, with Fort Edmonton adding Regina 42 to its regular rotation of passenger cars, and the High Level Bridge adding card payment options for tickets.
To celebrate starting the 2026 season, we’re reintroducing our operating fleet. Between our two lines, ERRS has 10 cars in regular operation, one of the largest fleets of its kind in North America. Here’s the first batch of cars, with a fun fact!
Regina 42:
Built in 1928, this steel-bodied car was the most modern model of streetcar Regina ever operated. Built by Canadian Car and Foundry, R42 is a modified version of a Montreal streetcar built in 1927; we used drawings for that car to help restore R42.
Osaka 247:
Built in 1921, Osaka 247 survived the bombing of Osaka in WW2, and after being rebuilt with American parts, ran in Osaka into the early 1990s. Osaka 247 had the longest service life of any of our cars.
Edmonton 80:
80 is Edmonton’s most modern streetcar, built in 1930. The car came with all kinds of safety features, including an early form of brake light! The rear of the car has a red and green light, to indicate if the brakes are applied or not. The system is unreliable and left disconnected on 80 for the time being.
Toronto 4612:
A TTC PCC (say that 5 times fast), 4612 was originally built in 1951, and heavily rebuilt in 1989-1990. 4612 came to us straight out of service in 1996, and this is the condition it has stayed in; the interior is a throwback to mid-90s Toronto. 4612 is our newest car, at ‘only’ 75 years old!
Edmonton 1:
Car 1 is Edmonton’s oldest streetcar, built in by Ottawa Car Co in 1908. Car 1 was actually Edmonton’s second streetcar; Car 2 was shipped via a different route and arrived first. Car 2 was lost in an accident not long after WW1, leaving Car 1 as Edmonton’s oldest.
The best way to learn about the streetcars is to come for a ride! Visit us at both of our lines this May long weekend and all summer long! Info at Edmontonstreetcars.ca

01/26/2026

Introducing Edmonton 65!
Edmonton 65 (E65 for short) is a ‘Big Preston’, a class of streetcar unique to Edmonton. Making up half the total fleet, from the time they were delivered in 1913 to the end of service in 1951 the Big Prestons were a staple of ERR’s operations. They carried passengers on all of ERR’s busiest routes, including across the High Level Bridge. It has been a goal of ERRS since our beginnings in the 1980s to restore one of these cars, Edmonton’s signature streetcar. We are finally embarking on that project.
Built by the Preston Car Co. of Preston (now Cambridge) Ontario, the Big Prestons were a unique batch of 35 streetcars built for Edmonton in 1913-14. The last of 9 streetcar orders placed by the growing city prior to WW1, the Big Prestons improved upon older cars with features such as an all-steel frame and large passenger compartment. As the name suggests, they were the biggest, heaviest streetcars Edmonton had. Although designed to be operated as single-ended cars, they featured a (rare!) full set of controls at the rear, allowing the car to be operated from both ends.
E65 is now being restored to operation after being stored for decades. Parts were missing and the structure was badly rotten, and this process is going to take a few years. The rebuild process includes faithfully recreating every piece of wood (framing, flooring, sheathing, trim) that was in the original car and reinstalling it over the rebuilt steel frame. The car will then be fitted out with original equipment, fixtures, and finishes so it looks and feels just as it did on the day it was delivered new to ERR’s Cromdale Barn in 1913. The car will run on restored, historically accurate Standard O-50 trucks that ERRS is currently rebuilding. Once we have it all put back together, Edmonton 65 will run on the High Level Bridge, using its rare rear controls for the Southbound trips.
These are some photos of E65 progress so far. The last photo is a model of this car made in the 1980s by then-president Bob Clark, showing both how the car will look when done and how long this has been a goal for us.

Address

8408 Gateway Boulevard NW
Edmonton, AB
T6E2G9

Opening Hours

Friday	11am - 4:09pm
Saturday	9am - 4:09pm
Sunday	11am - 4:09pm

Telephone

+17804377721

Website

https://www.edmontonstreetcars.ca/

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