THE GS TRAM SITE

BRUXELLES / BRUSSEL - BRUSSELS

BELGIQUE / BELGIË - BELGIUM

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1 Jan. 1995

Brussels after the reopening on 1 Sept. 1994 of the former vicinal tram tunnel connecting St.Lambert and De Wand. The tram lines using this tunnel were 19 and 23.

VIDEOS

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Above: YouTubeCA video - 1973 - tramways de Bruxelles - Length: 7:03 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Brussels Trams Bruxelles PCC and Bombardier Trams - Length: 7:51 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 HS Houba de Strooper
CJ/KJ Cim.Jette / Kerkhof van Jette PN/NP Porte de Ninove / Ninoofse Poort
DB De Brouckère      

ROUTES

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

TRAM ROUTES

18 Houba de Strooper - De Greef - Yser / IJzer - Porte de Ninove / Ninoofse Poort - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Verhaegen - Barrière / Bareel - Wiels - Forest / Vorst - Uccle / Ukkel - Stalle - Dieweg
19 Groot-Bijgaarden - Schweitzer - Simonis - De Greef - St.Lambert - De Wand
23 Heysel / Heizel - St.Lambert - De Wand - Heembeek - Meiser - Diamant - Montgomery - Etterbeek - Buyl - Legrand - Churchill - Vanderkindere - Albert - Barrière / Bareel - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - De Brouckère - G. du Nord / Noordstation
39 Montgomery - Woluwe - Stockel / Stokkel - Ban-Eik
44 Montgomery - Woluwe - Forêt de Soignes / Zoniënwoud - Tervuren
52 Esplanade - De Wand - Heembeek - G. du Nord / Noordstation - De Brouckère - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Wiels - Forest / Vorst - Uccle / Ukkel - Stalle - Drogenbos
55 Bordet - Tilleul / Linde - G. du Nord / Noordstation - De Brouckère - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Barrière / Bareel - Albert - Silence / Stilte
56 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - G. du Nord / Noordstation - De Brouckère - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Saint-Guidon / Sint-Guido - Bizet - CERIA / COOVI - Erasme / Erasmus
81 Montgomery - Merode - La Chasse / De Jacht - Flagey - Janson - Barrière / Bareel - Verhaegen - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - De Brouckère - G. du Nord / Noordstation - Bockstael - De Greef - St.Lambert - Heysel / Heizel
82 Montgomery - Merode - La Chasse / De Jacht - Flagey - Janson - Barrière / Bareel - Verhaegen - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Clemenceau - G. de l’Ouest / Weststation - Schweitzer - Berchem
90 Rogier - G. du Nord / Noordstation - Meiser - Diamant - Montgomery - Etterbeek - Buyl - Legrand - Churchill - Vanderkindere - Albert - Barrière / Bareel - G. du Midi / Zuidstation
91 Louise/ Louiza - Janson - Vanderkindere - Stalle
92 Esplanade - De Wand - Heembeek - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Louise/ Louiza - Janson - Vanderkindere - Dieweg - Fort Jaco
93 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Louise/ Louiza - Legrand - Buyl - Marie-José
94 Cim.Jette/Kerkhof van Jette - Bockstael - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Louise/ Louiza - Legrand - Buyl - Marie-José - Boondael / Boondaal - Wiener

METRO ROUTES

  1A Heysel / Heizel - Bockstael - Simonis - Beekkant [Direction change] - De Brouckère - G. Centrale / Centraal Station - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Merode - Hermann-Debroux
  1B Bizet - Saint-Guidon / Sint-Guido - Beekkant - De Brouckère - G. Centrale / Centraal Station - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Merode - Montgomery - Stockel / Stokkel
  2 Simonis - Yser / IJzer - Rogier - Botanique / Kruidtuin - Arts-Loi / Kunst-Wet - Louise/ Louiza - G. du Midi / Zuidstation - Clemenceau


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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