Editing Surrey, British Columbia (section)

==Transportation==
===History===
The first non-Indigenous settlement of Surrey was founded near [[Crescent Beach, Surrey|Crescent Beach]], located in [[South Surrey]]; another was founded near Bridgeview/[[Brownsville, British Columbia|Brownsville]], located in North Surrey. Early trails and roads helped to encourage the settlement of Surrey. The first trail built by a settler was the 1861 the [[Kennedy Trail]]. James Kennedy built the trail to provide a route between New Westminster and the natural pasture land on the Mud Bay Flats next to the Serpentine River.<ref>Early Trails and Roads in the Lower Fraser Valley, W. N. Draper, British Columbia Historical Quarterly, January 1943, Vol. 7, p. 49-56.</ref> The Semiahmoo Wagon Road was built in 1873 between Brownsville (opposite New Westminster) and Semiahmoo (Blaine).<ref>The Semiahmoo Trail: Myths Makers Memories by Ron Dowle, Surrey Historical Society, 1998.</ref> The first regular ferry service across the Fraser River started in 1882 on the steam ferry ''K de K'', with the point of departure at Brownsville.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 1993 |title=Surrey History |url=http://members.shaw.ca/jack_brown/surrey.html |access-date=March 9, 2011 |website=Members.shaw.ca |archive-date=June 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20090613034316/http://members.shaw.ca/jack_brown/surrey.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ferry landed on the Surrey side at the start of Old Yale Road, which connected directly inland to Yale and was a major gold rush trail.

The [[New Westminster Bridge|New Westminster Rail Bridge]] was opened in 1904, allowing personal vehicles to cross the [[Fraser River]] on the upper deck. The lower deck, for rail, enabled [[British Columbia Electric Railway|BC Electric Railway]] to finally construct the Interurban line, an electric suburb commuter rail route connecting Chilliwack to Vancouver. It opened for service in 1910, and ran through Kennedy, [[Newton Town Centre|Newton]], Sullivan, and [[Cloverdale, Surrey|Cloverdale]]. Two of the BCER cars (1225 & 1304) are restored and are operated by the [[Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society]] on the mainline between Cloverdale and Sullivan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fraser Valley Heritage Railway Society |url=http://www.fvhrs.org/ |access-date=August 1, 2012 |website=Fvhrs.org |archive-date=July 20, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120720053612/http://www.fvhrs.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1937, the then two-lane [[Pattullo Bridge]] linking [[New Westminster]] and Surrey was opened.

In the early 1950s, BC Electric Railways ceased operating its interurban line, thus increasing the number of vehicles on Surrey roads. [[British Columbia Highway 10|Highway 10]] was built in 1953, and [[British Columbia Highway 15|Highway 15]] in 1957. In 1964, the provincial government completed Highway 401 and the [[Port Mann Bridge]]; that section of roadway would later be renamed [[British Columbia Highway 1|Highway 1]]. In 1959, the [[George Massey Tunnel]] was opened, along with what is known as [[British Columbia Highway 99|Highway 99]]. With the completion of the new Highways 1 and 99, the Fraser Highway and King George Boulevard became major arteries.

In the early 1990s, Surrey saw the return of rail transit with the [[SkyTrain (Vancouver)|SkyTrain]] [[Expo Line (TransLink)|Expo Line]] expansion into Surrey. The four stations added were [[Scott Road station|Scott Road]], [[Gateway station (SkyTrain)|Gateway]], [[Surrey Central station|Surrey Central]] and [[King George station|King George]].

===Current transportation network===
[[File:CMBC-B18032.jpg|thumb|The [[R1 King George Blvd]] provides frequent bus service between Newton, Guildford and Surrey City Centre.]]
[[File:King George platform level, March 2019.jpg|thumb|An [[Expo Line (TransLink)|Expo Line]] train at [[King George station]]; service to Downtown Vancouver begins at this station.]]
Public transit in Surrey, as with the rest of Metro Vancouver, is operated by [[TransLink (British Columbia)|TransLink]], which provides frequent bus service throughout Surrey, and to other Metro Vancouver municipalities. Metro Vancouver's metropolitan rail system, SkyTrain, provides Surrey with an Expo Line service to [[Downtown Vancouver]] via four stations: Scott Road, Gateway, Surrey Central, and King George.

The [[Canadian National Railway]], [[Canadian Pacific Railway]], [[BNSF Railway]], and [[Southern Railway of British Columbia]] have trackage running through Surrey.<ref>{{Cite web |title=COSMOS |url=http://cosmos.surrey.ca/external/ |access-date=August 2, 2018 |website=cosmos.surrey.ca |archive-date=August 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180804073521/http://cosmos.surrey.ca/external/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Vancouver International Airport]] is located {{convert|28|km|mi}} west of Surrey. Vancouver International Airport offers direct daily service to destinations in Canada, North America, Europe, and Asia.

[[Bellingham International Airport]] is located {{convert|32|km|mi}} south of Surrey, and offers connections to Seattle, Las Vegas, and Hawaii.

[[Abbotsford International Airport]] is located {{convert|24|km|mi}} east of Surrey, and offers daily flights to Calgary and Edmonton.
[[File:CMBC-H18051.jpg|thumb|The [[R6 Scott Rd]] provides frequent bus service between [[Scott Road station|Scott Road Skytrain Station]] and [[Newton Exchange]].]]
[[Seaport]] facilities are available at the Fraser River Docks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DP World Fraser Surrey &#124; Pacific Rim Stevedoring |url=http://www.fsd.bc.ca/,%20http://www.fsd.bc.ca/ |accessdate=January 27, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Future transportation===
Funding a [[Surrey LRT|light rail transit]] (LRT) line linking both [[Newton, Surrey|Newton]] and Guildford with [[Surrey City Centre]] was agreed to by both BC's provincial government and the federal government. The project was unpopular, and after electing a new mayor and council in October 2018, who had run on a platform to cancel the LRT line in favour of extending the existing SkyTrain line to Langley, made it their first order of business.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surrey council passes motions to scrap LRT, start municipal police force – CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mccallum-first-day-as-mayor-1.4893538 |access-date=November 6, 2018 |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107042135/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/mccallum-first-day-as-mayor-1.4893538 |url-status=live }}</ref> TransLink's Mayors' Council, who has the ultimate authority over the project, responded to this decision by indefinitely suspending work on the light rail project.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Metro Vancouver mayors agree to suspend Surrey LRT, start process for SkyTrain to Langley – CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-mayors-council-first-meeting-mccallum-1.4907048 |access-date=November 16, 2018 |archive-date=December 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204173558/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/metro-vancouver-mayors-council-first-meeting-mccallum-1.4907048 |url-status=live }}</ref> In July 2019, a {{convert|7|km|adj=on}} Expo Line extension from King George station to 166 Street and [[Fraser Highway]] in [[Fleetwood, Surrey|Fleetwood]] was approved and is estimated to be completed by 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=December 9, 2018 |title=TransLink could open new 16-km SkyTrain in Surrey by 2025 |work=Daily Hive |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-skytrain-surrey-potential-timeline-december-2018 |url-status=live |access-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181209224310/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/translink-skytrain-surrey-potential-timeline-december-2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Chan |first=Kenneth |date=July 25, 2019 |title=Mayors' Council approves first phase of new Surrey-Langley SkyTrain up to Fleetwood |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-fraser-highway-skytrain-fleetwood-july-25-2019 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728040900/https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/surrey-langley-fraser-highway-skytrain-fleetwood-july-25-2019 |archive-date=July 28, 2019 |access-date=July 28, 2019 |website=Daily Hive}}</ref> However, the plan is now to take the SkyTrain the entire way to Langley in one phase by 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Surrey-to-Langley SkyTrain won't be up and running until 2028 |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8205897/surrey-to-langley-skytrain-2028-finish-date/ |access-date=July 10, 2022 |website=Global News |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922052446/https://globalnews.ca/news/8205897/surrey-to-langley-skytrain-2028-finish-date/ |url-status=live }}</ref>