Facts and Figures
Operator	NETS
System Type	Heritage Trolley
Year Opened	1992
# of Lines	1
Mileage	2 km
Gauge	Standard
Stations	4
Power	Overhead
Data Date	2024
1st Visit	08/2022
Last Visit	08/2022
% Rode	100%

Canadian Transit
Nelson, BC

Nelson is a small city of almost 11,000 residents, nestled in Selkirk Mountains along Kootenay Lake.

The city had a first generation streetcar system, the small system in the entire British Empire with only 3 cars needed to run the service. The system was shutdown in 1949. Car #23, which was one of the "new" Nelson Cars, built in 1908, and acquired by Nelson in 1924, was not scrapped, but saved and used for various purposes. In 1982 it was acquired by the chamber of commerce and went through a restoration at Selkirk College. In 1992 the car returned to service on newly built track linking Lakeside Park with a hotel near downtown.

The Nelson Electric Tramway Society also own a second streetcar, car #400 that originally operated for the BC Electric Railway in Victoria. It is Birney car, but it does not run much as the turning loops on the line are too tight.

The streetcar runs during the warmer months 7-days a week at 20 minute headways. Nelson is also served by BC Transit Buses.

Click on any image to enlarge. All photos taken in August 2022.

By the Powerhouse	By the hotel	By the hotel
By the Powerhouse	Along the lakefront	The turning loop under the bridge
Lakeside Park	Hotel	Lakeside Park
Lakeside Park	Powerhouse	Track along the lakeside
Track through the Chako Mika Mall Parking lot	Chako Mika Mall streetcar shelter	Hotel Streetcar Shelter
#23 interior	#23 interior	#23 interior
Car #400	Car #400	Car #400
Work train at the powerhouse	Speeder in the carbarn	Map of the original Nelson Streetcar System
Greyhound Bus display at the carbarn	Museum/gift shop	Carbarn
Bus in downtown	Bus in downtown	Bus in downtown