THE GS TRAM SITE

ANTWERPEN / ANVERS – ANTWERP

BELGIË / BELGIQUE – BELGIUM

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7 Sept. 2015

The Antwerp tram system after the reintroduction of trams to Brusselstraat (line 4) on 6 Dec. 2014 and the opening of new track between Deurne and Wommelgem, part of new route No.8, on 7 Sept. 2015.

VIDEOS

Antwerp Bombardier trams video Antwerp modern Hermelijn trams video Antwerp Premetro trams video
Above: YouTubeCA video - De Lijn Bombardier Flexity 2 Albatros 7315 | Antwerpen tramstad | tramlijn 10 - Length: 2:21 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Antwerpen Hermelijn Low Floor Trams - Length: 5:33 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Antwerp, Belgium - Antwerpse premetro - Length: 9:21 mins.

PHOTOS

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MAPS

Antwerp 2015 tram map

INSET: CENTRAL ANTWERP

Antwerp 2015 downtown tram map



I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.


ROUTES

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

Operator: De Lijn

  2 Schoten (Keizershoek) – Merksem – Sportpaleis – Handel – Centraal Station – Plantin – Harmonie – Olympiade – Zwaantjes – Hoboken
  3 Zwijndrecht (Krijgsbaan) – Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Handel – Sportpaleis – Merksem – Schoten (Keizershoek)
  4 Hoboken – Zwaantjes – Station Zuid – Bolivarplaats – Tropisch Instituut – Groenplaats – Meir – Nationale Bank – Berchem Station – Eksterlaar – Deurne - Silsburg
  5 Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Handel – Sportpaleis – Ruggeveld – Wijnegem
  6 Metropolis – Sportpaleis – Handel – Centraal Station – Plantin – Harmonie – Olympiade
  7 St. Pietersvliet – Meir – Nationale Bank – Harmonie – Mortsel
  8 Centraal Station / Astrid - De Roma - Deurne - Wommelgem
  9 Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Plantin – Berchem Station – Eksterlaar
10 Melkmarkt – Rooseveltplaats – Centraal Station – De Roma – Borgerhout – Ruggeveld – Wijnegem
11 Melkmarkt – Rooseveltplaats – Centraal Station – Plantin & Moretus – Berchem Station
12 Sportpaleis – Gasstraat – Centraal Station – Rooseveltplaats – Opera – Nationale Bank – Bestorming – Bolivarplaats
15 Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Plantin – Harmonie – Mortsel – Boechout
24 Silsburg – Deurne – De Roma – Centraal Station – Opera – Nationale Bank – Bestorming – Zuidstation – Zwaantjes – Schoonselhof


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



HISTORY

GAUGE


SOURCES

PRINT

WIKIS

WEB SITES

Thanks to Peter Zondag (from Utrecht, The Netherlands), Guy Cools (from Brussels, Belgium) and Ken Van Oproy (from Antwerp, Belgium) for information obtained through personal communication.


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