List of town tramway systems in Belgium
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This is a list of town tramway systems in Belgium by region and province. It tables all tram systems, both past (including vicinal tramways) and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Known tram systems that operated on tracks other than standard gauge are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Brussels | Brussels | Horse | 1 May 1869 | 190_ | |
| Steam | 1876 1879 |
1877 1879 |
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| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1883 1886 |
1883 1890 |
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| Electric | 1 May 1894 |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Antwerp | Antwerp | Horse | 25 May 1873 | ? | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 2 Sep 1902 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
| Mechelen | Electric | 1913 | 30 Apr 1957 | Reintroduction discussed[1] |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Ghent | Ghent | Horse | 24 May 1874 | ? | |
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 23 Jan 1899 | ? | |||
| Electric | 1 Dec 1901 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leuven | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 15 Aug 1952 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Reintroduction discussed[2] |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasselt – Genk | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 31 Jan 1958 | Reintroduction (LRT) planned: Hasselt – Maastricht (see: Netherlands)[3] |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn – i.e. Coast Line: Adinkerke – De Panne – Oostende – Knokke) | Belgian coast | Steam | 15 Jul 1885 | 1955 | |
| Electric | 1 Oct 1908 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | |||
| Brugge (Bruges) | Electric | 1913 | 1951 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Reintroduction discussed: see Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn). | |
| De Panne | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | ? | See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn). | ||
| Knokke – Urban | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1951 | See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn). | ||
| Koksijde | Horse | ? | ? | See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn). | |
| Kortrijk | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 25 Mar 1963 | |||
| Nieuwpoort – Oostduinkerke | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn). | ||
| Oostende /Ostend urban | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 1 Jul 1958 | |||
| Tielt | Horse | ? | ? |
Wallonia
[edit]| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Charleroi | Charleroi | Steam | 1881 | ? | |
| Electric | 4 Jul 1904 | 29 Jun 1974[citation needed] | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Converted to light rail (see: MLC). | ||
| Métro Léger de Charleroi (MLC) | Electric | 21 Jun 1976 | Light rail. Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: List of former MLC lines. | ||
| La Louvière | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | August 1993 | |||
| Vicinal | Steam | 3 Jun 1887 | ? | ||
| Electric | 28 Mar 1901 | Interurban tramway system. First grade separated segment (i.e. LRT) opened om 21 June 1976. | |||
| Mons | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 3 Jun 1973 | |||
| Péruwelz | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Tournai | Electric | ? | 21 May 1955 |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eupen | Electric | ? | 30 Jul 1956 | ||
| Trams in Liège | Liège | Horse | 20 Nov 1871 | ? | |
| Electric | 22 Oct 1896 | 23 Dec 1961 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
| Liège – Seraing | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 30 Apr 1968 | |||
| Verviers | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | 1900(?)[4] | 31 Dec 1969 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) |
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Han-sur-Lesse | Han-sur-Lesse | Diesel | 1906 | (?) | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Tourist historic cars (Caves of Han-sur-Lesse). |
| Electric | 2014 | ||||
| Trams in Namur | Namur | Electric | ? | 26 May 1963 |
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ Het Nieuwsblad, 2 December 2008
- ^ "De Lijn ziet Leuven als tramknooppunt".
- ^ Flemish television news, 12 February 2007
- ^ "Petits bouts d'histoire". Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2009.