Brussels buses
Bus near Brussels-North railway station.
The Brussels buses network is complementary to the rail network in Brussels, Belgium, which is made of trams, metros and trains. Brussels buses are operated by STIB/MIVB, a public transport company. It has 50 bus routes and 11 night routes, which run on Friday and Saturday night.[1]
Some buses from Flemish transport company De Lijn and Walloon transport company TEC also ride in Brussels but are not part of the same bus system.
History
The first motor buses were used in Brussels in 1907, with one route connecting the Brussels Stock Exchange to the Ixelles town hall. It was then stopped in 1913. Other buses were set in service from 1920 on, and in 1926 Les Autobus Bruxellois, a bus company, was founded to operate the bus network.[2] In 1955, one year after the STIB was founded, it took over Les Autobus Bruxellois and operates the bus network, made of 3 bus routes and 1 trolleybus route.[3] The STIB expanded the network and in 1964, it was 185 km long.[4] The rolling stock was renewed in 1972[5] and in 1991, with a new yellow livery.[6] In 2003, the STIB tested its first night bus route named N71[7]
Current bus eoutes
Valid on 2 June 2015
| Route Number | From | To | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bus 12 | Brussels Airport | Brussels-Luxembourg railway station | Only runs Monday to Friday before 8pm. |
| Bus 13 | UZ Brussel | Simonis metro station | Only runs before 8pm. |
| Bus 14 | UZ Brussel | Brussels-North railway station | Only runs before 8pm. |
| Bus 15 | UZ Brussel | Brussels-North railway station | Only runs after 8pm. |
| Bus 17 | Beaulieu metro station | Heiligenborre | |
| Bus 21 | Brussels Airport | Brussels-Luxembourg railway station | Runs only Lekaerts - Brussels-Luxembourg on Monday-Friday before 8pm. |
| Bus 22 | Montgomery metro station | Trône/Troon metro station | Runs only Monday to Friday before 8pm. |
| Bus 27 | Brussels-South railway station | Andromède / Andromeda | |
| Bus 28 | Brabançonne | Konkel | |
| Bus 29 | De Brouckère metro station | Hof ten Berg | |
| Bus 34 | Porte de Namur / Naamsepoort metro station | Sainte-Anne / Sint-Anna | One in two buses diverted to Rond Point du Souverain / Vorstrondpunt from Auderghem Shopping / Oudergem Shopping before 8pm. After 8pm, all buses divert this way. |
| Bus 36 | Schuman metro & railway station | Konkel | |
| Bus 38 | De Brouckère metro station | Héros / Helden | |
| Bus 41 | Transvaal | Héros / Helden | |
| Bus 42 | Viaduc E40 / Viaduct E40 | Musée de Tram / Trammuseum | |
| Bus 43 | Observatoire / Sterrenwacht | Kauwberg | Only runs Hérson / Helden to Kauwberg after 8pm. |
| Bus 45 | Roodebeek metro station | Saint-Vincent / Sint-Vincentius | |
| Bus 46 | De Brouckère metro station | Moortebeek | |
| Bus 47 | Vilvoorde railway station | De Brouckère | Only runs Vilvoorde railway station to Heembeek during rush hour, after 6pm, and on sundays. |
| Bus 48 | Bourse / Beurs premetro station | Uccle Stalle / Ukkel Stalle railway station | |
| Bus 49 | Bockstael metro station & Bockstael railway station | Brussels South railway station | |
| Bus 50 | Brussels South railway station | Lot railway station | |
| Bus 53 | Hôpital Miltaire / Militair Hospitaal | Dieleghem | |
| Bus 54 | Forest Centre (Bervoets) / Vorst Centrum (Bervoets) | Trône / Troon metro station | |
| Bus 57 | Hôpital Militaire / Militair Hospitaal | Brussels North railway station | Only runs Monday to Friday during rush hour |
| Bus 58 | Vilvoorde railway station | Yser / IJzer metro station | Does not run after 10pm |
| Bus 59 | Hôpital Etterbeek-Ixelles / Ziekenhuis Etterbeek-Elsene | Bordet railway station | |
| Bus 60 | Ambiorix | Uccle Calevoet / Ukkel Kalevoet railway station | |
| Bus 61 | Brussels North railway station | Montgomery metro station | |
| Bus 63 | Cimetière de Bruxelles / Begraafplaats van Brussel | De Brouckère metro station | |
| Bus 64 | Machelen | Porte de Namur / Naamsepoort metro station | |
| Bus 65 | Bourget | Brussels Central railway station | Runs to Bourget during rush hour, terminates short at NATO at other times. |
| Bus 66 | Péage / Tol | De Brouckère metro station | |
| Bus 69 | Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek railway station | Jules Bordet | Only runs Monday to Friday during rush hour. |
| Bus 71 | De Brouckère metro station | Delta metro & railway station | |
| Bus 72 | Devèze-ULB | ADEPS | |
| Bus 75 | Bon Air / Goede Lucht | CERIA/COOVI metro station | |
| Bus 76 | Kraainem metro station | Oppem | Does not run after 8pm, or on Sundays. |
| Bus 77 | Kraainem metro station | Hippodrome / Hippodroom | Only runs Monday to Friday during rush hour. |
| Bus 78 | Brussels South railway station | Humanité / Humaniteit | |
| Bus 79 | Kraainem metro station | Schuman railway & metro station | |
| Bus 80 | Porte de Namur / Naamsepoort metro station | Maes | |
| Bus 84 | Heysel / Heizel metro station | Beekkant metro station | |
| Bus 86 | De Brouckère metro station | Machtens | |
| Bus 87 | Berchem-Sainte-Agathe / Sint-Agatha-Berchem railway station | Simonis metro & railway station | |
| Bus 88 | Heysel / Heizel metro station | De Brouckère metro station | |
| Bus 89 | Bockstael metro & railway station | Westland Shopping | |
| Bus 95 | Bourse / Beurs premetro station | Wiener | |
| Bus 98 | Héros / Helden | CERIA/COOVI metro station | Only runs Monday to Saturday, before 10:30pm. |
References
- ↑ http://www.stib.be/horaires-dienstregeling.html?l=fr&news_rid=/STIB-MIVB/INTERNET/ACTUS/STATIC/WEB_Article_1_1181311362867.xml
- ↑ http://www.stib.be/1869-1953.html?l=fr
- ↑ http://www.stib.be/1954-1959.html?l=fr
- ↑ http://www.stib.be/1960-1969.html?l=fr
- ↑ http://www.stib.be/1970-1979.html?l=fr
- ↑ http://www.stib.be/1990-1999.html?l=fr
- ↑ http://www.stib.be/2000-2007.html?l=fr
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