THE GS TRAM SITE

BRUXELLES / BRUSSEL - BRUSSELS

BELGIQUE / BELGIË - BELGIUM

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26 Oct. 1982

Brussels after the launch of tram line 2, running in the "Petite ceinture" prémétro tunnel ((on 24 Nov. 1981), and on the last day of operation of tram line 102.

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

    2 [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
  18 [18GP (Exhibitions): Centenaire / Eeuwfeestwijk -] Pl. St.Lambert - De Greef - Mercier - 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 - Porte de Hal / Hallepoort - Barrière / Bareel - Wiels - St.Denis / St.Denijs
  23 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - Meiser - [Prémétro tunnel "Grande ceinture": Diamant - Montgomery] - Etterbeek - Buyl - Legrand - Churchill
  32 Houba de Strooper - De Greef - Mercier - Yser / IJzer - [Prémétro tunnel "Petite ceinture": Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Porte de Namur / Naamse Poort] - Louise / Louiza - Legrand - Buyl - Marie-José - Boondael / Boondaal - Boitsfort / Bosvoorde
  39 Montgomery - Woluwe - Stockel / Stokkel
  44 Montgomery - Woluwe - Forêt de Soignes / Zoniënwoud - Tervuren
  52 av. de Meysse / Meiseselaan - Heembeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": G. du Nord / Noordstation - 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 - De Brouckère - Lemonnier] - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Porte de Hal / Hallepoort - Barrière / Bareel - Albert - Uccle / Ukkel - Silence / Stilte
  58 Vilvoorde - Machelen - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": G. du Nord / Noordstation - De Brouckère - Lemonnier] - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Wiels - Forest Centre / Vorst Centrum - St.Denis / St.Denijs - Stalle - Uccle / Ukkel - Danco
  62 Montgomery - Merode - Pl.Dailly - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": G. du Nord / Noordstation - De Brouckère - Lemonnier] - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - G. de l’Ouest / Weststation - Mennekens - Schweitzer - Berchem
  81 Montgomery - Merode - La Chasse / De Jacht - Flagey - Janson - Barrière / Bareel - Verhaegen - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": Lemonnier - De Brouckère - G. du Nord / Noordstation] - Bockstael - Pl. St.Lambert [81GP (Exhibitions): - Centenaire / Eeuwfeestwijk]
  90 [Prémétro tunnel "Axe Nord-Sud": Rogier - G. du Nord / Noordstation] - Meiser - [Prémétro tunnel "Grande ceinture": Diamant - Montgomery] - Etterbeek - Buyl - Legrand - Churchill - Vanderkindere - Albert - Verhaegen - G. du Midi / Zuidstation
  92 av. de Meysse / Meiseselaan - Heembeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Palais / Paleizen - Louise/ Louiza - Janson - Vanderkindere - Danco
  92B Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Palais / Paleizen - Louise/ Louiza - Janson - Vanderkindere - Churchill
  93 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Princesse Elisabeth / Prinses Elisabeth - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Palais / Paleizen - Luxembourg - Flagey - Brugmann
  94 Place Cardinal Mercier / Kardinaal Mercierplein - Bockstael - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Palais / Paleizen - Louise / Louiza - Legrand - Buyl - Marie-José
101 G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Porte de Ninove / Ninoofse Poort - Yser / IJzer - Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Boulevards - 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 - Mercier - 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 - Erasme / Erasmus

METRO ROUTES

  1A Bockstael - Simonis - Beekkant [Direction change] - De Brouckère - Gare Centrale / Centraal Station - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Merode - Demey
  1B Saint-Guidon / Sint-Guido - Beekkant - De Brouckère - Gare Centrale / Centraal Station - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Merode - Montgomery - Alma


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

PRINT

WIKIS

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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