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| 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. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL ANTWERP
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ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: De Lijn
| 2 | Schoten (Keizershoek) – Merksem – Sportpaleis – Handel – Centraal Station – Plantin – Harmonie – Olympiade – Zwaantjes |
| 3 | P & R Melsele – Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Handel – Sportpaleis – Merksem – Schoten (Keizershoek) |
| 4 | Hoboken – Zwaantjes – Station Zuid – Bolivarplaats – Tropisch Instituut – Groenplaats |
| 5 | Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Handel – Sportpaleis – Ruggeveld – Wijnegem |
| 6 | P & R Luchtbal – Kinepolis - Sportpaleis – Handel – Centraal Station – Plantin – Harmonie – Olympiade |
| 7 | Eilandje - St. Pietersvliet – Meir – Nationale Bank – Harmonie – Mortsel |
| 8 | Station Zuid - Bolivarplaats - Bestorming - Nationale Bank - Centraal Station / Astrid - Zegel - Schotensesteenweg |
| 9 | Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Plantin – Berchem Station – Eksterlaar - Deurne - Wommelgem |
| 10 | Schoonselhof – Zwaantjes - Station Zuid - Bestorming - Nationale Bank - Centraal Station / Astrid – Zegel – Schotensesteenweg – Wijnegem |
| 11 | Melkmarkt – Rooseveltplaats – Centraal Station / Astrid – Plantin & Moretus – Berchem Station |
| 12 | Sportpaleis – Gasstraat – Astrid |
| 15 | Linkeroever – Brabotunnel – Groenplaats – Meir – Opera – Centraal Station – Plantin – Harmonie – Mortsel – Boechout |
| 24 | Stenenbrug – Zegel – Centraal Station – Rooseveltplaats - Melkmarkt |
| 70 | Eilandje - Londen - Kinepolis - P & R Luchtbal |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams: 80 km.
- Pre-metro (underground tramline): 7.5 km
HISTORY
- Urban trams: (horse-drawn) 1 May 1873 - ?; (electric) 2 Sept. 1902 - today.
- Pre-metro (underground tramline): 25 March 1975 - today.
- Interurban trams: (horse-drawn) 20 July 1879 – 9 Sept. 1908; (steam) 15 Aug. 1885 – 6 March 1932; (electric) 21 June 1908 – 25 May 1968.
GAUGE
- Urban trams: 1000 mm.
- Interurban trams (NMBV): 1000 mm.
SOURCES
- Brosteaux, M. "Antwerpen - A new era", Modern Tramway & Rapid Transit Review, Sept.-Oct. 1975 (38:453-454), p.308-314 and 339-341.
- Davies, W.J.K. The Vicinal story - Light railways in Belgium, 1885-1991.Scarborough [England]: Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2006.
- Floyd, J.D.A. "Tramways in Antwerp", The Modern Tramway, March 1949 (12: 135), p.56-61.
- Koenot, L., Justens, S. & Hamal, T. Tram 2000 - Flash 1996. Bruxelles: Hamal, 1996.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.112 - Antwerp, Belgium", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2017 (80: 950), p.63-68.
- Russell, M. "Groenenhoek glory", Tramways & Urban Transit, Apr. 2007 (70: 832), p.152-153.
- "Systems Factfile No.32 - Antwerp, Belgium", Tramways & Urban Transit, May 2010 (73: 869), p.179-182.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Antwerpen: 100 years of electric trams", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2002 (65: 777), p.334-337.
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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