Hasselt – Maastricht tramway

Sneltram Hasselt - Maastricht

Overview
Locale	Province of Limburg, Belgium Maastricht, Province of Limburg, Netherlands
Transit type	fast tram / light rail
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	13
Website	tramvlaanderenmaastricht.nl
Operation
Began operation	2020
Operator(s)	De Lijn
Technical
System length	± 30 km.

The Hasselt – Maastricht tramway (Dutch: Sneltram Hasselt - Maastricht) is a proposed fast tram system linking Hasselt, Belgian province of Limburg and Maastricht, Dutch province of Limburg. The project is part of the Spartacusplan of Belgian Limburg, proposed by the Belgian transport company De Lijn, with the aim to improve the province's transport links. The tramway was originally proposed to open in 2017, but is now scheduled for 2021^[1].

Because a bridge would need to be reconstructed, tram services are not going to reach Maastricht station in the first place, but instead terminate at Maastricht Mosae Forum.

The tramway will run on a combination of new and old (to be reactivated) railways, and will facilitate an easier connection in a northeasternly direction between Maastricht (incl. the overall southern part of the Dutch Limburg province) and Antwerp (via Hasselt), as current rail services from the Dutch province to Belgium are solely in the southernly direction of Liège-Guillemins (via Maastricht).

Proposed tram stops

Stop	Location	Image	Opened	Additional information
Hasselt	Hasselt		1847	Tramway to commence service in 2020
Kanaalkom	Hasselt		est. 2020
Kolonel Dusartplein	Hasselt		est. 2020
Provinciehuis	Hasselt		est. 2020
Campus Universiteit Hasselt	Diepenbeek		est. 2020
Diepenbeek	Diepenbeek		est. 2020
Beverst	Beverst		est. 2020
Munsterbilzen	Munsterbilzen		est. 2020
Bilzen	Bilzen		est. 2020
Lanaken	Lanaken		est. 2020
Belvédère	Maastricht		est. 2020
Maastricht-Centrum	Maastricht		est. 2020
Maastricht	Maastricht		1853	Tramway to commence service later

References

External links

• Official site of the project