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Albatros tram at the Punt Aan De Lijn depot. In August 2012, De Lijn ordered a fleet of Bombardier Flexity 2 trams, including 28 for Antwerp. These would replace many of the older PCC trams, and displace HermeLijn trams onto other routes. [2] In 2022 there is fleet of 62 (so called) Albatros trams in service.
De Lijn tram in Ghent. Vlaamse Vervoersmaatschappij De Lijn [1] (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈvlaːmsə vərˈvuːrsmaːtsxɑˌpɛi də ˈlɛin], English: "Flemish transport company 'The Line ' "), usually known as De Lijn, is a company run by the Flemish government in Belgium to provide public transportation with about 2240 buses and 399 trams.
Route 4 is one of the oldest tram routes in the city of Antwerp. It was originally built as a part of a vicinal tramway to Schelle and Boom, but was eventually shortened to the itinerary Groenplaats-Hoboken after the opening of railway line 52 In 1936, it was merged with route 3 into an itinerary Merksem-Central station-Groenplaats-South Station-Hoboken, because too many tram routes had their ...
Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn – i.e. Coast Line: Adinkerke – De Panne – Oostende – Knokke) Belgian coast: Steam 15 Jul 1885 1955 Electric 1 Oct 1908 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Brugge (Bruges) Electric 1913 1951 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) Reintroduction discussed: see Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn). De Panne ...
Gradually, the amount of space taken in by public transport rose, up until 1968 vicinal trams, later buses and city trams, operated by the MIVA, and after 1992 by De Lijn. As of 2017, the square is serviced by tram routes 10, 11, 12 and 24.
Tram on Line 15 to Mortsel at Meir pre-metro station (September 2005) The first 1.3 km (0.81 mi) section opened on 25 March 1975 between Opera and Groenplaats , including station Meir . This line was extended to reach Diamant and Plantin in 1980 and Van Eeden (via the Brabotunnel [ nl ] under the river Scheldt ) in 1990.
Tram route 1 has already existed in the past from September 2, 1902 until July 14, 1965, running on a comparable North-South trajectory as the current line, between the Antwerpen-Zuid passenger railway station and Antwerpen-Dokken en -Stapelplaatsen cargo station. In 1902, it was the first electrified tram route in Antwerp, and consequently it ...
Opera station lies in the center of Antwerp under the crossing of the Leien and the Keyserlei-Meir axis (called the Teniersplaats). To the north of the station lie the Antwerp opera, the Antwerp atheneum and the Rooseveltplaats bus station, where most city buses as well as tram routes 1, 11 and 24 halt.