Editing Nelson, New Zealand (section)

=== Public transport ===
[[File:Welcome to Nelson sign.JPG|thumb|The sign that welcomes visitors to Nelson]]

The passenger and freight company [[InterCity (New Zealand)#Newmans Coach Lines|Newmans Coach Lines]] was formed in Nelson in 1879, and merged with Transport Nelson in 1972.<ref name="Newmans">{{cite web |last1=Stephens |first1=Joy |title=Newman Brothers |url=http://www.theprow.org.nz/enterprise/newman-brothers/#.Y1RTvfzMJhE |website=www.theprow.org.nz |access-date=22 October 2022 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022203737/http://www.theprow.org.nz/enterprise/newman-brothers/#.Y1RTvfzMJhE |url-status=live }}</ref> Nelson Motor Service Company ran the first motor bus in Nelson in 1906<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 November 1906 |title=COLONIST |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19061123.2.6 |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115060828/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19061123.2.6 |url-status=live }}</ref> and took over the Palace horse buses in 1907.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 July 1907 |title=LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. NELSON EVENING MAIL |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19070713.2.11 |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=paperspast.natlib.govt.nz |archive-date=15 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115060828/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19070713.2.11 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[InterCity (New Zealand)|InterCity]] provides daily bus services connecting Nelson with towns and cities around the South Island.

Ebus provides public transport services between Nelson, [[Richmond, New Zealand|Richmond]], [[Motueka]] and [[Wakefield, New Zealand|Wakefield]] as well as on two local routes connecting [[Atawhai]], [[Nelson Hospital]], [[The Brook, Nelson|The Brook]] and the [[Nelson Airport, New Zealand|Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Routes & Timetables|url=https://ebus.nz//|publisher=Nelson City Council|access-date=13 August 2023|archive-date=13 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813011435/https://ebus.nz//|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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! Route<br />numbers !! Start !! style="width:40%;" | via !! End !! Notes
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|| 1 || Nelson  || [[Nelson Hospital|Hospital]], [[Bishopdale, Nelson|Bishopdale]], [[Stoke, New Zealand|Stoke]] || [[Richmond, New Zealand|Richmond]] || [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]] [[File:Bike-icon.svg|25px]]
|-
|| 2 || Nelson  || [[Tāhunanui]], [[Annesbrook]],  [[Stoke, New Zealand|Stoke]] || [[Richmond, New Zealand|Richmond]] || [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]] [[File:Bike-icon.svg|25px]]
|-
|| 3 || [[Atawhai]]  || [[The Wood, New Zealand|The Wood]], Nelson, [[Toi Toi]] || [[Nelson Hospital|Hospital]] || [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]] [[File:Bike-icon.svg|25px]]
|-
|| 4 || [[Nelson Airport, New Zealand|Airport]]  || [[Washington Valley, New Zealand|Washington Valley]], Nelson, [[Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology|NMIT]] || [[The Brook, Nelson|The Brook]] || [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]] [[File:Bike-icon.svg|25px]]
|-
|| 5 || Nelson  || [[Richmond, New Zealand|Richmond]], [[Māpua, New Zealand|Māpua]], [[Tasman (settlement)|Tasman Village]]|| [[Motueka]] || [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]] [[File:Bike-icon.svg|25px]]
|-
|| 6 || Nelson  || [[Richmond, New Zealand|Richmond]], [[Hope, New Zealand|Hope]], [[Brightwater]] || [[Wakefield, New Zealand|Wakefield]] || [[File:Wheelchair symbol.svg|15px]] [[File:Bike-icon.svg|25px]]
|}

The Late Late Bus is a weekend night transport service between Nelson and Richmond. NBus Cards were replaced by [[Bee Card (New Zealand)|Bee Cards]] on 3 August 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bee Card: Nelson's new electronic bus card is here|url=https://our.nelson.govt.nz/media-releases-2/bee-card-nelsons-new-electronic-bus-card-is-here/|access-date=21 August 2020|website=Our Nelson|language=en-NZ|archive-date=28 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428122348/https://our.nelson.govt.nz/media-releases-2/bee-card-nelsons-new-electronic-bus-card-is-here/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Taxi]] companies include Nelson Bays Cabs, Nelson City Taxis<ref>{{cite web|title=Nelson Airport – Welcome to New Zealand's fourth busiest commercial airport|url=http://www.nelsonairport.co.nz/transport.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202416/http://www.nelsonairport.co.nz/transport.html|archive-date=29 October 2013|access-date=26 October 2013}}</ref> and Sun City Taxis.