List of town tramway systems in Belgium

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. Known tram systems that operated on tracks other than standard gauge are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Brussels

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Brussels	Brussels	Horse	1 May 1869	190_
		Steam	1876 1879	1877 1879
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1883 1886	1883 1890
		Electric	1 May 1894

Flanders

Antwerp Province

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Antwerp tramway	Antwerp	Horse	25 May 1873	?	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	2 Sep 1902		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Mechelen	Electric	1913	30 Apr 1957	Reintroduction discussed [1]

East Flanders

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Ghent	Ghent	Horse	24 May 1874	?
		Accumulator (storage battery)	23 Jan 1899	?
		Electric	1 Dec 1901		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Flemish Brabant

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Leuven	Horse	?	?
		Electric	?	15 Aug 1952	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Reintroduction discussed [2]

Limburg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hasselt – Genk	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	31 Jan 1958	Reintroduction (LRT) planned: Hasselt – Maastricht (see: Netherlands) [3]

West Flanders

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
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	Horse	?	?
		Petrol	?	?
		Electric	?	?	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Knokke – Urban	Horse	?	?
		Electric	?	1951	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Koksijde	Horse	?	?	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Kortrijk	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	25 Mar 1963
	Nieuwpoort – Oostduinkerke	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	?	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Oostende /Ostend urban	Steam	?	?
		Accumulator (storage battery)	?	?
		Electric	?	1 Jul 1958
	Tielt	Horse	?	?

Wallonia

Hainaut

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Charleroi	Charleroi	Steam	1881	?
		Electric	4 Jul 1904	29 Jun 1974[ citation needed ]	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Converted to light rail (see: MLC).
Métro Léger de Charleroi  (MLC)		Electric	21 Jun 1976		Light rail. Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: List of former MLC lines.
	La Louvière	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	August 1993
	Vicinal	Steam	3 Jun 1887	?
		Electric	28 Mar 1901		Interurban tramway system. First grade separated segment (i.e. LRT) opened om 21 June 1976.
	Mons	Steam	?	?
		Petrol	?	?
		Electric	?	3 Jun 1973
	Péruwelz	Horse	?	?
	Tournai	Electric	?	21 May 1955

Liège Province

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Eupen	Electric	?	30 Jul 1956
Trams in Liège	Liège	Horse	20 Nov 1871	?
		Electric	22 Oct 1896	23 Dec 1961	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Liège – Seraing	Horse	?	?
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	30 Apr 1968
	Verviers	Horse	?	?
		Electric	1900(?) [4]	31 Dec 1969	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Namur

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Han-sur-Lesse	Han-sur-Lesse	Diesel	1906	(?)	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Tourist historic cars (Caves of Han-sur-Lesse).
		Electric	2014
Trams in Namur	Namur	Electric	?	26 May 1963

See also

• Trains portal
• Belgium portal

• Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB)
• Flemish Transport Company "De Lijn"
• List of metro systems
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of trolleybus systems
• Opérateur de transport de Wallonie

References

1. Het Nieuwsblad, 2 December 2008
2. "De Lijn ziet Leuven als tramknooppunt".
3. Flemish television news, 12 February 2007
4. "Petits bouts d'histoire". Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2009.

Bibliography

• Books, Periodicals and External Links