Ka cika wannan jumla: Tarihin trams a Nizhny Novgorod ya fara ne da gasar da ba ta da tsari da ta shafi kamfanoni uku. A ranar 15 ga Mayu 1895 kamfanin Hartmann & Co ya sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da birni don gina layin biyu. Daga baya a lokacin bazara na wannan shekarar Siemens & Halske sun kuma kulla kwangila. Kamfanin na uku da ke gina layin tram shine Podobedow & Co. Siemens ya lashe tseren, tare da layin tram a shirye don amfani a ranar 20 ga Mayu 1896 kuma an buɗe shi a ranar 21 ga Yuni. Wannan layin, wanda ya haifar da filin wasan kwaikwayon da ake amfani da shi don babban
Duk Nunin Rasha, an sake rufe shi bayan baje kolin ya ƙare a watan Oktoba. Duk da haka, shekara guda daga baya, bayan da aka cire waƙoƙi da igiyoyin wutar lantarki, an sake gina layin, sai dai yanzu ya tsaya kaɗan da tsohon wurin baje kolin.