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The British Columbia Railway Company (reporting mark BCOL, BCIT), commonly known as BC Rail, is a railway in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Chartered as a private company in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE), it was acquired by the provincial government in 1918.
Feb 6, 2006 · Initially it was privately owned, but financial difficulties developed quickly and in 1918, after only 283 km of track from the coastal port of Squamish to the head of the inland river transport at Quesnel had been built, the Pacific Great Eastern was taken over by the BC government.
BC Rail was a provincially owned regional railway, operated by the BC government from 1918 to 2004. At its height, it boasted 2,320 km (1,440 mi) of track and was the third largest railway in Canada. The railway got its start in 1912 as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE).
Dec 27, 2011 · What happened when an unprecedented police raid on British Columbia’s legislature took place eight years ago Wednesday? How did the BC Liberal government’s $1 billion privatization of BC...
Nov 26, 2003 · Canadian National Railway Co. is paying $1-billion in cash to acquire provincially owned BC Rail Ltd., unveiling a plan yesterday to expand its fleet of rail cars and chop 430 jobs.
Jun 26, 2024 · British Columbia Railway Company (BCRC) Last updated on June 26, 2024. BCRC’s primary mandate is to acquire and hold railway corridor and strategic port lands and to make related infrastructure investments to provide benefits to the province.
Mar 25, 2009 · The first true railway built in Canada was the Champlain and Saint Lawrence Railroad from La Prairie on the St. Lawrence River to St. Johns on the Richelieu River (now Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu). Backed by John Molson and other Montreal merchants, the line opened officially on 21 July 1836.
