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Tram route 1
Overview
LocaleAntwerp
Termini
Stations29
Color on mapblack text on white background (historically)
Service
Typetram
SystemAntwerp tram network
Operator(s)De Lijn
History
Opened2019
Route map

Luchtbal Havana P+R
Dublinstraat
Luchtbal kerk
Kinepolis
Straatsburgdok
Noorderbrug
IJzerlaan
Kempenstraat
Noorderplaats
Paardenmarkt
Rooseveltplaats
Operaplein
Stadspark
Nationale Bank
Bres
Montigny
Bolivarplaats

Tram route 1 is a historical and future tram route in the City of Antwerp. As of 2019, the tram route will connect the Bolivarplaats in the Zuid neighborhood with the Havana site in the Luchtbal neighborhood to the North via the Leien and Noorderlaan.

Trajectory

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Bolivarplaats-Amerikalei-Britselei-Frankrijklei-Italiëlei-Noorderplaats-Kempenstraat-Noorderlaan-Havana site.

Historical route (1902-1965)

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Tram route 1 has already existed in the past from September 2 1902 until July 14 1965, running on a comparable North-South trajectory as the current line, between the Antwerpen-Zuid passenger railway station and Antwerpen-Dokken en -Stapelplaatsen cargo station. In 1902, it was the first electrified tram route in Antwerp, and consequently it received the number 1. During the First World War, service on the route continued, although only until 8 o'clock. During the Second World War it became soon impossible to operate the line, due to damage inflicted on it. However, service could later slowly be resumed, and in 1944 the line was again fully operational. The line was eventually replaced a bus line in 1965, when the tram tracks at Antwerpen-Zuid station, as well as the old station itself, had to make place for the Kennedytunnel under the river Scheldt. Today, bus lines 1 and 13 have incorporated the previous itinerary of tram route 1 in their trajectory. Also, the southern half of the Leien is still serviced by tram routes 12 and 24.[1]

New route (2019-)

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According to the Brabo II and Noorderlijn plans, a new tram route 1 will be opened on the Bolivarplaats-Havana site trajectory.[2] The creation of the tram route forms a part of the Noorderlijn ('northern line') construction works currently being undertaken in Antwerp. According to these plans, the northern half of the Leien, as well as the Noorderlaan to the North and various other streets, will be rebuilt in the following years, and tram tracks will be added there, creating a new important North-South tram axis.[3]

Colour

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Historically, tram route 1 was identified by a black number on a white background.

References

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  1. ^ "Allemaalbusjes: Lijn 1 van tram tot bus" (in Dutch). 18 May 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Deze transformatie zal het Antwerpse tramnet ondergaan". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Dutch). 25 October 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Noorderlijn" (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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  • www.delijn.be, the operator of all public city transport in Antwerp and Flanders.