All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems

Nelson, British Columbia

Principal System

Nelson Electric Tramway Company (27 December 1899 - 27 April 1908) Incorporated 04 October 1899 and capitalized by the British Electric Traction Company. Leased and operated by the City of Nelson from 01 January 1905. System was closed by a car barn fire 1908. (British Columbia Archives: Visual Records Catalogue, call number A-03146 [122K photo]).

Nelson Street Railway Company (08 November 1910 - 01 February 1914)
Incorporated 07 September 1909. Service suspended 21 December 1910 - 21 June 1911. Acquired by the City of Nelson 1914.
Nelson Street Railway (01 February 1914 - 20 June 1949)
Municipal operation. Variously recorded in the CYB as "Nelson Municipal"; and "Nelson Street."; (photo courtesy Alex Regiec).

Interior Stage Lines (20 June 1949 - early 1950's)
Private operation. Bankrupt early 1950's (Parker).

Nelson Transit System (early 1950's - present)
(TC75). Operation conducted by the City of Nelson under a contract with BC Transit. (Dawes et al. 1972 lists Nelson Transit Utility). (TNC84, BC Transit 1988, BC Transit 1989/90, BC Transit 1997). (BC Transit 1996, BC Transit 2000). (Photo: Peter Cox).

Nelson and Area Paratransit System (01 April 1982 - present)
Paratransit service conducted by Nelson and District Home Support Services Society under a contract with BC Transit and the municipal government(s) (BC Transit 1989/90: 1 bus).

Nelson Electric Tramway Society (01 July 1992 - present (summer seasons)) Non-profit society operating restored streetcar service along Nelson waterfront (Parker). (Photos DavesRailPix and Alex Regiec).

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References

• DavesRailPix: British Columbia, a World Wide Web Site at the URL: http://davesrailpix.com/odds/bc/bc.htm, 2000.
• May, Dave. "The Nelson Electric Tramway,"; Canadian Rail, No. 412, September-October 1989. Canadian Railroad Historical Association, St.-Constant (Quebec).
• Parker, Douglas V. Streetcars in the Kootenays: Nelson's Electric Tramways - 1899 to 1992, Havelock House, Edmonton (Alberta), 1992.
• British Columbia Archives: Visual Records Catalogue, call numbers G-03140 [113K bus photo], G-03141 [112K bus photo], C-08593 [84K streetcar photo]).