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Route 3 to Mariakerke, closed in 1969, is planned to reopen in the 2010s under De Lijn's Pegasusplan. Plans are also afoot for a tramline connecting Gent Sint-Pieters and Gent-Dampoort railway stations (route 7). The plan also includes increased frequencies (eight trams per hour), additional bus services and a Park & Ride system. [6]
De Lijn tram in Ghent. Vlaamse Vervoersmaatschappij De Lijn [1] (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvlaːmsə vərˈvuːrsmaːtsxɑˌpɛi də ˈlɛin], English: "Flemish transport company 'The Line ' "), more commonly known as De Lijn, is a state-owned enterprise run by the Flemish government in Belgium to provide public transportation with about 2240 buses and 399 trams.
Open top bus – Bus, usually a double-decker bus, without a roof City Sightseeing operates a service by this name in many cities; Tour bus service – Sightseeing bus service for tourists; Transit pass – Transit ticket for multiple trips Rail pass – Transit ticket for multiple trips by rail
Many tours also have a live guide. Tourists may board and leave the buses within their ticket's time limit at the different bus stops on the circular routes. This is called hop-on-hop-off. Many cities have more than one route to showcase all the different sights and attractions. On some routes, buses leave the city for suburban sights.
Big Bus Tours (formerly Les Cars Rouges and The Big Bus Company), is an operator of open top bus sightseeing tours founded in May 2011 after "Les Cars Rouges" and the "Big Bus Company" merged. The company operates in 23 cities of 11 countries with more than 150 buses around the world. [ 4 ]
Gent-Sint-Pieters railway station (Dutch: Station Gent-Sint-Pieters; French: Gare de Gand-Saint-Pierre) [a] is the main railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium, and the fourth-busiest in Belgium and busiest in Flanders, with 17.65 million passengers a year. [1]
Between 1923 and 1933, line 50A was extended to Brussels, which provides a fast connection between Brussels and Ghent. [2] Where the original line 50 enters Brussels from the north, after passing through Aalst , the latter 50A enters Brussels from the south; this allows through trains from the west of the country to the east or vice versa ...
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...