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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 tram route 44 in Brussels, Belgium, is a tram route operated by STIB/MIVB, which connects Montgomery metro station in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre to the Flemish municipality of Tervuren, [1] almost exclusively by running on the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan.
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.
The Brussels tram system evolved a lot over time, from a rise in the first half of the 20th century (246 km (153 mi) of tram rails were serviced in 1955) [3] to a fall in the second half of the 20th century due to the popularisation of transport by bus and by car. In 1988 only 134 km (83 mi) of tram rails remained in Brussels. [4]
This is a list of Brussels tram routes as of November 2019: [1] tram route 3: from Churchill to Esplanade; tram route 4: from Stalle Parking to Brussels-North; tram route 7: from Vanderkindere to Heysel/Heizel; tram route 8: from Roodebeek to Louise/Louiza; tram route 9: from Arbre Ballon/Dikke Beuk to Simonis and Elisabeth
The route also crosses the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Ixelles, the City of Brussels and Etterbeek. It connects with the Metro at Saint-Guidon/Sint Guido, Brussels-South (also railway), Merode (also railway) and Montgomery. The route also crosses the major tram routes 3 and 4 at Horta. A good deal of its length is in carriageway, while long ...
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A further extension to Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation (Brussels-West Station) in April 2009 closed the "loop" of line 2 and led to a major restructuring of metro service. The Brussels Metro system is complemented by an S-train network serving the broader metropolitan region and opened in late 2015. [12]