Besides freight traffic, the bridge also hosts West Coast Express commuter trains.
[4] This second version was a single-track railway bridge that was replaced after only less than a decade because of high traffic volumes.
CPR built a third version, this time a double-track railway bridge,[5] which opened in late September 1914.
[2] In 2004, upgrade or replacement of the Pitt River Swing Bridge was named as a first-priority project by the Greater Vancouver Gateway Council (a public-private regional trade group).
[9] As of 2024[update], the bridge averages about 45 daily train crossings, and it opens about 15 times per day.