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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 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]
The station was opened in 1958 in the old airport building, mainly for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair ().With the opening of a new airport terminal in 1994, the railway station was moved in 1998 to a new location inside the new building.
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 Airport Tram will be an extension of present Brussels Tram line 55 and line 62, [203] and will roughly follow the A201 Motorway, but will need a large bridge to cross the Brussels Ring into the Airport. [204]
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. Known tram systems that operated on tracks other than standard gauge are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
Brussels Airport is the main airport in Belgium. According to the 2009 CIA World Factbook, there are a total of 43 airports in Belgium, 27 of which have paved runways. Airplane passengers in Belgium can use 5 airports, the largest of which being the Brussels Airport .
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