THE GS TRAM SITE

ANTWERPEN / ANVERS – ANTWERP

BELGIË / BELGIQUE – BELGIUM

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25 March 1975

The system shortly after the opening of the first stretch of the Pre-Metro (underground section of the tramway).

VIDEOS

Antwerp PCC trams video Antwerp old trams video Antwerp Premetro trams video
Above: YouTubeCA video - PCC trams in Antwerp - Length: 6:47 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Antwerp trams (1982) - Length: 3:27 mins. Above: YouTubeCA video - Trams in Antwerp, Belgium - Antwerpse premetro - Length: 9:21 mins.

PHOTOS

Antwerp tram Antwerp tram

MAPS

Antwerp 1975 tram map

INSET: DOWNTOWN ANTWERP

Antwerp 1975 downtown tram map



I created the above maps by overlaying OpenStreetMap (OSM) maps with my own data. Copyright on the OSM maps is © OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM maps used as templates for these maps correspond to the situation at the time the maps were downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, they may show bridges and highways that were built later.


TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Maatschappij vor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Antwerpen (MIVA)

  2 Groenplaats – Pre-Metro (Meir - Opera – Centraal Station) – Plantin – Harmonie – De Singel – Olympiade – Zwaantjes – Hoboken
  3 In 2 sections: (1) Zuid – Tropisch Instituut - Groenplaats (2) Melkmarkt – Rooseveltplaats – Centraal Station - Stuivenberg – Schijnpoort – Merksem
  4 Groenplaats – Tropisch Instituut - Marnixplaats – Antwerpen-Zuid - Kiel – Zwaantjes – Hoboken
  7 Groenplaats – Meir – Nationale Bank – Harmonie – Berchem – Mortsel (Oude God)
  8 Groenplaats – Meir – Nationale Bank – Groenenhoek – Eksterlaar
10 Melkmarkt – Rooseveltplaats – Centraal Station - De Roma - Borgerhout – Deurne
11 Melkmarkt – Rooseveltplaats – Centraal Station - Draakplaats – Groenenhoek – Eksterlaar
12 Stadion – Schijnpoort – Gasstraat - Centraal Station – Rooseveltplaats - Opera – Nationale Bank – Antwerpen-Zuid - Kiel – Grens Kiel
15 Centraal Station – Plantin – Harmonie – Berchem – Mortsel (Oude God)
24 Silsburg – Borgerhout – De Roma - Centraal Station – Rooseveltplaats - Opera – Nationale Bank – Kiel – Zwaantjes – Schoonselhof


CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH



HISTORY

GAUGE


SOURCES

PRINT

WIKIS

WEB SITES

Thanks to Peter Zondag (from Utrecht, The Netherlands), Guy Cools (from Brussels, Belgium) and Ken Van Oproy (from Antwerp, Belgium) for information obtained through personal communication.


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