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Operator: Opérateur de transport de Wallonie (OTW)
| T1 | Place Coronmeuse / Liège Expo - St.-Léonard - St.-Lambert - Charlemagne - Gare de Guillemins - Petit Bourgogne - Sclessen Standard |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban tramtramway: 11.7 km.
HISTORY
- Urban trams (First generation): (horse-drawn) 1871 - ?; (steam) ? - ?; (electric) 9 Aug. 1893 - Nov. 1967.
- Urban trams (Second generation): 28 Apr. 2025 - today.
- Interurban trams: (steam) 6 May 1888 - 1956; (electric) 14 Aug. 1901 - 23 Dec. 1961.
GAUGE
- Trams : 1435 mm.
- Interurban trams (SNCV): 1000 mm.
NB: In 1939, sections of the two systems that were interlined had mixed gauge.
SOURCES
- Davies, W.J.K. The Vicinal story - Light railways in Belgium, 1885-1991. Scarborough [England]: Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2006.
- Price, J.H. "Museum news" Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Nov. 1986 (49: 587), p.380-382.
- Thompson, A. "Liège: this couLd be the start of somethIng…" Tramways and Urban Transit, Aug. 2025 (88: 1052), p.306-308.
WIKIS
- Ancien tramway de Liège
- Railways économiques de Liège-Seraing et extensions
- SNCV Groupe de Liège
- Tramway de Liège
- Tramways unifiés de Liège et extensions
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