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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 bus network now comprises 360 km (220 mi) of bus line by day and 112 km (70 mi) by night as of 2008, [6] and service the 19 municipalities of Brussels. Buses operated by the Walloon and Flemish public transport companies also run in Brussels in order to allow Walloon and Flemish people to go to the capital city.
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 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 common section offers a high service frequency during daytime hours between Vanderkindere in the municipality of Uccle and the Brussels-North railway station. It shares 4 connections with metro lines and also links two major train stations with access to Thalys and Eurostar trains at Brussels-South railway station .
This is a list of town tramway systems in Belgium by region and province. It tables all tram systems, both past (including vicinal tramways ) and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows.
From 31 August 2009, lines 3 and 4 changed their northern termini. Whereas line 3 used to end at Brussels-North railway station, it then continued all the way to Esplanade, while line 4 was shortened to terminate at Brussels-North. Because of this, the very long line 4 and the short line 3 were then equalised.
The premetro and tram route 7 in Brussels, Belgium, is a tram route operated by STIB/MIVB, which connects the Vanderkindere stop in the southern municipality of Uccle with the Heysel/Heizel stop in Laeken in the City of Brussels, where connecting services of tram route 51, Metro line 6, as well as bus routes 84 and 88 depart.