Pacific Cable Station Fiji, Fanning Island, and Vancouver. A branch connected to New Zealand. Since cartographers of the day traditionally coloured member countries of the British Empire in red, the route became known as the All Red Route. Cable laying started in 1902 with two ships, Anglica and Colonia. They began laying cable from Bamfield, Vancouver Island, Canada, to Fanning Island, Suva, Norfolk Island and Southport, Queensland, Australia. Colonia, built specifically for the project, laid cable from Vancouver Island to Fanning Island in the mid-Pacific. Anglia laid cable from Southport to Norfolk Island, Fiji, New Zealand and Fanning Island. The Cable Station landfall
Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry Company British Columbia where the Victoria and Sidney Railway ran. That same year the VTRF was completed, It obtained the V&S. This formed a continuous connection between Victoria and the mainland. In 1902 GN took over the VTRF between Victoria and Cloverdale. By 1904 the New Westminster Bridge was opened linking both the NWSR, Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway to the Victoria Terminal and Ferry Company (VTR). GN was granted in using the Vancouver, Westminster and Yukon Railway and built a station in Vancouver beside the (current) Pacific Central Station. Victoria Terminal Railway and Ferry Company The Victoria Terminal Railway and