The Nelson Electric Tramway | Nelson, British Columbia (Canada) | Complete Loop

The Nelson Electric Tramway Complete Loop from Lakeside Rotary Park to Baker Street and back (July 2019) The Nelson Electric Tramway is a heritage railway in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. It uses two restored vintage streetcars (car 23 and car 400) which carry tourists along Nelson’s waterfront and was the first operating heritage streetcar line in British Columbia. The service is seasonal, starting on the Easter weekend and ending on the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend each year. It is operated by the non-profit Nelson Electric Tramway Society (NETS). The line was opened on June 15, 1992. Nelson’s original streetcar system operated from 1899 to 1949. It was run by the privately owned Nelson Electric Tramway Ltd. from 1899 until 1908 and then, following a suspension of service when a fire destroyed a substation, was restored to operation in 1910 by a newly formed Nelson Street Railway Company and, in turn, became municipally owned in 1914. The heritage streetcar line adopted the nam