The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (French: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or STIB; Dutch: Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or MIVB) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to as the STIB in English.
It is responsible for the Brussels metro, Brussels trams and Brussels buses and for links with De Lijn services in Flanders and TEC services in Wallonia.
Founded in 1954, the STIB currently operates a network of 6 metro lines of (39 km), 15 tram lines (128.3 km) and 51 bus routes (348.8 km). It covers the 19 communes of the Brussels Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other Belgian regions. There are about 277 million passengers a year, so about 760,000 a day.[1]
Typical tickets are valid for 1 hour of travel on the network; these can be purchased in groups of 10 at a discount. Period season tickets are also available.
As of 1991, the STIB had a farebox recovery ratio of 28%.[2] In 2009, following annual increases of 1.56% in passenger journeys and 2.4% in direct revenue, fares are covering 54.8% of operating costs.
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