THE GS TRAM SITE

BRUXELLES / BRUSSEL - BRUSSELS

BELGIQUE / BELGIË - BELGIUM

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4 Oct. 1976

The system after the opening of Métro line No.1 and the Pré-Métro line under the central boulevards (accommodating tram lines 52,55,58,62 and 81), and 2 years before the last vicinal trams ran.

VIDEOS

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Above: YouTubeCA video - 1973 - tramways de Bruxelles - Length: 7:03 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Les 150 ans du tram a Bruxelles (STIB) - Length: 17:25 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Brussels Metro, Belgium, August 2017 - Length: 11:09 mins.

PHOTOS

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MAP

Brussels tram map



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

Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP

AL/KW Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet PE Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth
DB De Brouckère PH/Hp Porte de Hal / Hallepoort
DBr / HB Duchesse de Brabant / Hertogin van Brabant PN/NP Porte de Ninove / Ninoofse Poort
GC / CS Gare Centrale / Centraal Station PNa/Nap Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort
HS Houba de Strooper      

ROUTES

Operator: Société des transports intercommunaux bruxellois (STIB) / Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB)

TRAM ROUTES

  18 St.Lambert - De Greef - Mercier - Werrie - Yser / IJzer - [Prémétro tunnel "Petite ceinture": Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort] - Louise / Louiza - Janson - Vanderkindere - Dieweg - Fort Jaco
  19 Grand-Bigard / Groot-Bijgaarden - Schweitzer - Simonis - Yser / IJzer - [Prémétro tunnel "Petite ceinture": Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort] - Louise / Louiza - St.Gilles / St.Gillis - Wiels - St.Denis / St.Denijs
  23 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - Meiser - [Prémétro tunnel "Grande ceinture": Diamant - Montgomery] - Arsenal / Arsenaal - Etterbeek - Buyl - Legrand - Churchill
  32 Werrie - Yser / IJzer - [Prémétro tunnel "Petite ceinture": Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort] - Louise/ Louiza - Legrand - Buyl - Marie-José - Boitsfort / Bosvoorde
  35 Porte de Namur / Naamsepoort - La Chasse/ De Jacht - Arsenal / Arsenaal - Hankar - Auderghem / Oudergem - Transvaal
  39 Montgomery - Woluwe - Stockel / Stokkel
  44 Montgomery - Woluwe - Forêt de Soignes / Zoniënwoud - Tervuren
  52 av. de Meysse / Meiseselaan - De Wand - Heembeek - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": G. du Nord / Noordstation - Rogier - De Brouckère - Lemonnier] - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Wiels - St.Denis / St.Denijs - Stalle - Drogenbos
  55 Pl. de la Paix / Vredeplaats - Tilleul / Linde - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": G. du Nord / Noordstation - Rogier - De Brouckère - Lemonnier] - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Porte de Hal / Hallepoort - St.Gilles / St.Gillis - Albert - Uccle / Ukkel - Silence / Stilte
  58 Vilvoorde - Machelen - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": G. du Nord / Noordstation - Rogier - De Brouckère - Lemonnier] - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Wiels - Av. du Pont-de-Luttre - Forest Centre / Vorst Centrum - St.Denis / St.Denijs - Stalle - Uccle / Ukkel
  62 Montgomery - Merode - Dailly - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": G. du Nord / Noordstation - Rogier - De Brouckère - Lemonnier] - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - G. de l’Ouest / Weststation - Schweitzer - Berchem
  81 Montgomery - Merode - La Chasse / De Jacht - Flagey - Janson - St.Gilles / St.Gillis - Verhaegen - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": Lemonnier - De Brouckère - Rogier - G. du Nord / Noordstation] - Bockstael [81C: - St.Lambert - Centenaire / Eeuwfeestwijk]
  90 [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": Rogier - G. du Nord / Noordstation] - Meiser - [Prémétro tunnel "Grande ceinture": Diamant - Montgomery] - Arsenal / Arsenaal - Etterbeek - Buyl - Legrand - Churchill - Vanderkindere - Albert - St.Gilles / St.Gillis - Verhaegen - G. du Midi / Zuidstation
  92 av. de Meysse / Meiseselaan - De Wand - Heembeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Palais / Paleizen - Louise/ Louiza - Janson - Vanderkindere - Danco
  93 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Palais / Paleizen - Luxembourg - Flagey - Brugmann
  94 Mercier - Bockstael - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Palais / Paleizen - Louise/ Louiza - Legrand - Buyl - Marie-José
101 G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Porte de Ninove / Ninoofse Poort - Yser / IJzer - [Prémétro tunnel "Petite ceinture": Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort] - Louise / Louiza - Porte de Hal / Hallepoort - G. du Midi / Zuidstation [Circular route, both directions]
102 Mennekens - G. de l’Ouest / Weststation - Duchesse de Brabant / Hertogin van Brabant - Yser / IJzer - [Prémétro tunnel "Petite ceinture": Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort] - Louise / Louiza - Porte de Hal / Hallepoort - G. du Midi / Zuidstation
103 Houba de Strooper - De Greef - Miroir Spiegel - Simonis - Yser / IJzer - [Prémétro tunnel "Petite ceinture": Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort] - Louise / Louiza - Porte de Hal / Hallepoort - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Anderlecht - Saint-Guidon / Sint-Guido - Bizet - CERIA / COOVI

METRO ROUTES

  1A De Brouckère - G. Centrale / Centraal Station - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Merode - Beaulieu
  1B De Brouckère - G. Centrale / Centraal Station - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Merode - Tomberg

Operator: Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux (SNCV) / Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen (NMVB)

INTERURBAN (VICINAL) TRAM ROUTES

These vicinal tram routes stopped operation on 31 July 1978.

  G Rogier - Yser / IJzer - Bockstael - Laeken - St.Lambert - De Wand - Strombeek – Grimbergen
  S Rogier - Yser / IJzer - Bockstael - Laeken - St.Lambert - De Wand - Strombeek – Het Voor
  W Rogier - Yser / IJzer - Bockstael - Laeken - St.Lambert - Wemmel


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



HISTORY

GAUGE

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Brussels Tram Museum (Le musée du Transport Urbain Bruxellois / Het Brussels Trammuseum) in Woluwe has a large number of preserved Brussels trams and runs some of them regularly on the Brussels tram network for tourists.


SOURCES

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WEB SITES

Also, thanks to Guy Cools (from Brussels, Belgium) and Joachim Nijs (from STIB/MIVB in Brussels, Belgium) for information obtained through personal communication.


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