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 TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Brussels Brussels Horse 1 May 1869 190_ Steam 18761879 18771879 Accumulator (storage battery) 18831886 18831890 Electric 1 May 1894

Flanders

Antwerp Province

Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Antwerp tramway Antwerp Horse 25 May 1873 ? Gauge: Electric 2 Sep 1902 Gauge: Mechelen Electric 1913 30 Apr 1957 Reintroduction discussedHet Nieuwsblad, 2 December 2008

East Flanders

Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Ghent Ghent Horse 24 May 1874 ? Accumulator (storage battery) 23 Jan 1899 ? Electric 1 Dec 1901 Gauge:

Flemish Brabant

Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Leuven Horse ? ? Electric ? 15 Aug 1952 Gauge: Reintroduction discussed

Limburg

Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Hasselt – Genk Steam ? ? Electric ? 31 Jan 1958

West Flanders

Name of System Location TractionType 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: Brugge (Bruges) Electric 1913 1951 Gauge: 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 TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Charleroi Charleroi Steam 1881 ? Electric 4 Jul 1904 29 Jun 1974 Gauge: Converted to light rail (see: MLC). Métro Léger de Charleroi (MLC) Electric 21 Jun 1976 Light rail. Gauge: 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 TractionType 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: Electric 28 Apr 2025 Light rail Liège – Seraing Horse ? ? Steam ? ? Electric ? 30 Apr 1968 Verviers Horse ? ? Electric 1900(?) 31 Dec 1969 Gauge:

Namur

Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Han-sur-Lesse Han-sur-Lesse Diesel 1906 (?) Gauge: Tourist historic cars (Caves of Han-sur-Lesse). Electric 2014 2025 Trams in Namur Namur Electric ? 26 May 1963

List of town tramway systems in Belgium

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