Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Development of the Brussels Metro up to 2006. The Brussels Metro was first opened in 1976 and has been expanding since, to comprise as of 2009 a set of four metro lines serving a total of 60 metro stations, most of which are underground. Line 1 connects Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation to the east of the city. Line 2 runs in a loop around the city ...
The Brussels Metro is served by 217 carriages of M1-M5 series, manufactured by La Brugeoise et Nivelles, ACEC, Bombardier Transportation, Alstom and CAF and delivered between 1976 and 1999, as well as 21 six-car trainsets of the new M6 series (also known as "Boa"), manufactured by CAF and delivered between 2007 and 2012. A new train type known ...
Founded in 1954, STIB/MIVB operates 4 metro lines, 17 tram lines [2] and 55 bus lines, along with 11 "Noctis" bus lines (as of April 2023). [3] It covers the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other regions. 329 million trips were made in 2011, a 5.6% increase from the previous year. [4]
The Brussels tramway network is a tram system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.It is the 16th largest tram system in the world by route length, in 2017 providing 149.1 million journeys (up 9.5% on 2016) over routes 140.6 km (87.4 mi) in length. [1]
The Brussels tram routes 3 and 4 use the North-South Axis and run on surface outside the city centre. The common section offers a high service frequency during daytime hours between Vanderkindere in the municipality of Uccle and the Brussels-North railway station.
The premetro and tram route 10 in Brussels, Belgium, is a tram route operated by STIB/MIVB, which connects Hôpital Militaire/Militair Hospitaal to Churchill. It began service on 23 September 2024, taking over most of the route of Line 3 which was disbanded that day.
This station was upgraded to full metro status on 20 September 1976, serving former east–west line 1 (further split in 1982 into former lines 1A and 1B). Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of east–west lines 1 and 5.
Brussels Metro (4 C, 8 P) S. Railway stations in Brussels (1 C, 36 P) T. Tram transport in Brussels (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Rail transport in Brussels"