British Columbia
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Street Railway | Nelson | Electric | 27 Dec 1899
8 Nov 1910 |
27 April 1908
20 Jun 1949 |
Closed 1908 because of depot (carbarn) fire. Operation suspended 21 Dec 1910 - 21 Jun 1911. Ranked as the smallest town in the British Empire with a town tramway system. Heritage tramway opened 15 Jun 1992; see Nelson Electric Tramway. |
| British Columbia Electric Railway Company | Vancouver | Electric | 28 Jun 1890 | 21 Apr 1955 | Heritage tramway opened 29 Jul 1998; operates May - October. See Vancouver Downtown Historic Railway. |
| British Columbia Electric Railway Company | ? New Westminster | Electric | 7 Oct 1891 | 4 Dec 1938 | |
| British Columbia Electric Railway Company | ? North Vancouver | Electric | 1 Sep 1906 | 23 Apr 1947 | |
| British Columbia Electric Railway Company | Victoria | Electric | 22 Feb 1890 | 3 Jul 1948 |
Read more about this topic: List Of Town Tramway Systems In Canada
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