List of town tramway systems in Belgium
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This is a list of town tramway systems in Belgium by province. It includes all tram systems, past and present.
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[edit] Antwerpen (Antwerp)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antwerp | Horse | 25 May 1873 | ? | ||
| Electric | 2 Sep 1902 | ||||
| Mechelen | Electric | ? | 30 Apr 1957 |
[edit] Brussels
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruxelles / Brussel / Brussels | Horse | 1 May 1869 | 190_ | ||
| Steam | 1876 | 1877 | |||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1883 | 1883 | |||
| Electric | 1 May 1894 | see Brussels trams. |
Note: The Brussels-Capital Region is not a province. Neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any.
[edit] Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gent /Ghent | Horse | 24 May 1874 | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 23 Jan 1899 | ? | |||
| Electric | 1 Dec 1901 |
[edit] Vlaams Brabant (Flemish Brabant)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leuven | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 15 Aug 1952 |
[edit] Hainaut
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleroi Urban | Steam | 1881 | ? | ||
| Electric | 4 Jul 1904 | 29 Jun 1974 | |||
| ♦ La Louvière | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | |||
| Vicinal (interurban tramway) system | Steam | 3 Jun 1887 | ? | ||
| Electric | 28 Mar 1901 | First Prémétro (Métro Léger de Charleroi, LRT) segment opened 24 May 1983. | |||
| Mons | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 3 Jun 1973 | |||
| Péruwelz | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Tournai | Electric | ? | 21 May 1955 |
[edit] Liège
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eupen | Electric | ? | 30 Jul 1956 | ||
| Liège Urban | Electric | ? | 23 Dec 1961 | ||
| Liège - Seraing | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 30 Apr 1968 | |||
| Verviers | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 31 Dec 1969 |
[edit] Limburg
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hasselt - Genk | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 31 Jan 1958 | Reintroduction (LRT) planned (Hasselt - Maastricht, Netherlands) Flemish television news, 12 February 2007 |
[edit] Namur
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Namur | Electric | ? | 26 May 1963 |
[edit] West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brugge (Bruges) | Electric | ? | 1950 (or 1951 | ||
| De Panne | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol (gasoline) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | ? | see also Kustlijn. | ||
| Knokke - Urban | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 1951 | see also Kustlijn. | ||
| Koksijde | Horse | ? | ? | see also Kustlijn. | |
| Kortrijk | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | 25 Mar 1963 | |||
| Nieuwpoort - Oostduinkerke | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Electric | ? | ? | see also Kustlijn. | ||
| Oostende /Ostend urban | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | ? | ? | |||
| Electric | ? | 1 Jul 1958 | |||
| ♦ Kustlijn (Coast Line, Adinkerke - De Panne - Oostende - Knokke) | Steam | 15 Jul 1885 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1 Oct 1908 | see Belgian coast tram. | |||
| Tielt | Horse | ? | ? |
