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Brussels tramway network | |||||||||
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![]() A Bombardier T3000 in Brussels, 2010 | |||||||||
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Locale | Brussels, Belgium | ||||||||
Routes | 18 (2019) | ||||||||
Owner(s) | Brussels-Capital Region | ||||||||
Operator(s) | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||
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Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||||||||
Propulsion system(s) | Electricity | ||||||||
Electrification | 750 V DC overhead lines | ||||||||
Depot(s) | 7 | ||||||||
Stock | 397 | ||||||||
Statistics | |||||||||
Track length (total) | 140.6 km | ||||||||
Route length | 141.1 km (87.7 mi) | ||||||||
2017 | 149.1 million | ||||||||
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Website | http://www.mivb.be/index.htm?l=en STIB/MIVB (in English) |
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] In 2018, it consisted of 18 tram lines (eight of which—lines 3, 4, 7, 25, 32, 51, 55 and 82—qualified as premetro lines, and five of which—lines 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9—qualified as "Chrono" or "Fast" lines). Brussels trams are operated by STIB/MIVB, the local public transport company.
The network's development has demonstrated many of the quandaries that face local public transport planners. It also has several interesting peculiarities: the inconsistent route pattern resulting from the closure of the interurban trams, the conflict between low-floor surface trams and high-floor underground trams, and whether the trams run on the right or the left.
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