Editing Nelson, New Zealand (section)

=== Rail transport ===
The [[Dun Mountain Railway]] was a horse-drawn tramway that served a mine from 1862 to 1901. The [[Nelson Section]] was an isolated, {{RailGauge|3ft6in}} gauge, government-owned railway line between Nelson and [[Glenhope]] that operated for {{age|1876|01|29|1955|09|03}} years between 1876 and 1955. In 1886, a route was proposed from Nelson to the junction of the [[New Zealand Midland Railway Company|Midland Railway Company]] at Buller via [[Richmond, New Zealand|Richmond]], [[Waimea West]], [[Upper Moutere]], [[Motueka]], the Motueka Valley, [[Tadmor, New Zealand|Tadmor]] and [[Glenhope]].<ref>{{cite news|date=11 November 1886|title=The Motueka-Tadmor Railway Route |work=Nelson Evening Mail |via=Papers Past |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18861111.2.13|access-date=21 August 2016|archive-date=1 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001234520/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18861111.2.13|url-status=live}}</ref>

The only rail activity today is a short heritage operation run by the [[Nelson Railway Society]] from [[Founders Heritage Park]] using their own line between [[Wakefield Quay railway station|Wakefield Grove]] and [[Grove railway station|Grove]]. The society has proposed future extensions of their line, possibly into or near the city centre. Nelson is one of only five major urban areas in New Zealand without a rail connection – the others being [[Taupō]], [[Rotorua]], [[Gisborne, New Zealand|Gisborne]] and [[Queenstown, New Zealand|Queenstown]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} There have been [[Nelson railway proposals|several proposals]] to connect Nelson to the South Island rail network, but none have come to fruition.