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[Victoria Watcher]

Langford has put its signature rubber-wheeled trolley buses up for sale.

 

Once a symbol of the growing city, the aging diesel buses painted red and green were used as free or by-donation transportation around downtown Langford and were essential to filling B.C. Transit gaps between the core and shopping malls and recreation facilities.

 

But as B.C. Transit service improved, the trolleys have essentially been mothballed since 2017, used only occasionally for Canada Day and Christmas parades.

 

At a committee of the whole meeting in February during the budget process, council voted to sell the three trolleys and on Saturday issued a request for proposals to find buyers.

“They were so loved and quite iconic, and they were a brand for Langford with street lights and trolley stops,” Coun. Lillian Szpak said Saturday.

 

“But at the end of the day, they were old, they needed maintenance and it wasn’t cost effective — and we got much better transit service.”

 

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 03 November 2024 - 05:21 AM.