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MAPS
INSET: EXTENDED GHENT REGION
Only vicinal lines shown
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ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Electrische Tramwegen van Gent (ETG)
| 1 | Moscou - Ledebergplein - Korenmarkt - Zuid - Rabot - Van Beverenplein |
| 2 | Sint-Pietersstation - Rozemarijnbrug - Zuid - Ledeberg - Gentbrugge-Zuid |
| 3 | Mariakerke - Korenmarkt - Bij Sint-Jacob - Dampoort - Meersemdries |
| 3b | Rooigemlaan - Korenmarkt - Bij Sint-Jacob - Dampoort - Gentbruggestraat |
| 4 | Sint-Pietersstation - Korenmarkt - Muide |
| 4b | Sint-Pietersstation - Korenmarkt |
| 5 | Muide - Bij Sint-Jacob - Zuid - Zwijnaarde |
| 6 | Muide - Meulestede |
| 7 | Sint-Pietersstation - Zuid - Dampoort - Darsen |
| 8 | Sint-Pietersstation - Sterre |
| 9 | Sint-Pietersstation - Ledebergplein - Ledeberg - Gentbrugge-Zuid |
| 10 | Sint-Pietersstation - Rozemarijnbrug - Rabot - Muide |
| 20 | Gentbrugge-Zuid - Arsenaal - Melle |
Routes marked b are actually barré (the number with a line drawn across it).
INTERURBAN (VICINAL) TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux (SNCV) / Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen (NMVB)
| E | Sint-Pietersstation - Rabot - Evergem - Bassevelde* |
| G* | Sint-Pietersstation - Sterre - Zwijnaarde - Merelbeke - Geraardsbergen |
| L | Sint-Pietersstation - Dampoort - Lochristi |
| M | Zuid - Merelbeke |
| N | Sint-Pietersstation / Rabot - Drongen - Nevele |
| O | Sint-Pietersstation - Dampoort - Oostakker |
| S | Sint-Pietersstation - Rabot - Zomergem |
| W | Sint-Pietersstation - Dampoort - Wetteren |
* Routes/served localities marked with an asterisk were not electrified.
Lines M & S, although part of the Vicinal network, were operated by ETG.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams: 53 km.
- Interurban (Vicinal) trams: ? km.
HISTORY
- Urban trams: (horse-drawn) 24 May 1874 - ?; (battery) 1898 - 1904; (electric) 1 Dec. 1901 - today.
- Interurban trams: (steam) 1887 - 1956; (electric) 1901 - 30 May 1959.
GAUGE
- Trams : 1000 mm.
- Interurban trams (SNCV): 1000 mm.
SOURCES
- Davies, W.J.K. The Vicinal story - Light railways in Belgium, 1885-1991. Scarborough [England]: Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2006.
- Koenot, L., Justens, S. & Hamal, T. Tram 2000 - Flash 1996. Bruxelles: Hamal, 1996.
- Pulling, N. "Gent - Expansion and modernisation", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2008 (71:851), p.423-425.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.62 - Ghent, Belgium", Tramways & Urban Transit, Nov. 2012 (75:899), p.423-426.
- Vancraeynest, B.R. "The Gent tramways", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Jan. 1991 (54: 637), p.11-22.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Gent: Small but perfectly formed", Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2002 (64:769), p.8-11.
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