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Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley

🇨🇦 Canada ·built by trams in Lisbon· from 2000· Heritage tramway in Canada

🚋 tram / light rail electric ✓ in service

8 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Whitehorse trolley 2011: Nils Öberg· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Whitehorse Trolley (3828072885): Shawn from Airdrie, Canada· CC BY-SA 2.0
3. Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley (3828881278): Shawn from Airdrie, Canada· CC BY-SA 2.0
4. Whitehorse trolley 2011(crop): Whitehorse_trolley_2011.jpg : Nils Öberg derivative work: Tuvalkin· CC BY-SA 3.0
5. Trolley with flags (7041438277): Bo Mertz· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. Whitehorse trolley 2012: Own work· CC BY-SA 3.0
7. Waterfront Trolley Rides - panoramio: FoxyStranger Kawasaki· CC BY-SA 3.0
8. 2017 RPAP visit to Whitehorse, YT (32661168573): Rural Health Professions Action Plan from Canada· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley, also known as the MacBride Waterfront Trolley, is a heritage streetcar service in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The line first ran on July 15, 2000, running 1.14 km (0.71 mi) from the Roundhouse to Rotary Peace Park. On June 30, 2005, it was extended an additional 1.27 km (0.79 mi) from the Roundhouse to Spook Creek.

base stats

speed 74 km/htop speed
power 19 kWpower output
weight 10 tin working order
seats 24passengers
built 24made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

First built 26 years ago, in 2000.
Still in service after 101 years.

tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.

spec sheet

built: 2000
in service from: 1925
status: in service
number built: 24
kind: tram / light rail
traction: electric
origin: 🇨🇦 Canada
builders: trams in Lisbon
top speed: 74 km/h
power: 19 kW
gauge: 914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
electric system: 600 V DC from a diesel generator , (originally 550 V DC trolley wires on the Lisbon electric tramways)
weight: 10 t
capacity: 24 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q16903206, Wikipedia: Whitehorse Waterfront Trolley (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.