GENT - GHENT

ROUTES

URBAN TRAM ROUTES

Operator: De Lijn

1	Flanders Expo - Sint-Pietersstation - Korenmarkt - Rabot - Wondelgem - Evergem
4	Sint-Pietersstation - Rabot - Muidebrug - Korenmarkt - Zuid - Moscou
21	Zwijnaardebrug - Sint-Pietersstation - Zuid - Ledeberg - Melle Leeuw
22	Zwijnaardebrug - Sint-Pietersstation - Zuid - Ledeberg - DC Genbrugge

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Urban trams: 30 km.



HISTORY

• Urban trams: (horse-drawn) 1874 - ?; (battery) 1898 - 1904; (electric) 1901 - today.
• Interurban trams: (steam) 1887 - 1956; (electric) 1901 - 30 May 1959.

GAUGE

• Trams : 1000 mm.
• Interurban trams (SNCV): 1000 mm.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• Koenot, L., Justens, S. & Hamal, T. Tram 2000 - Flash 1996. Bruxelles: Hamal, 1996.
• Wansbeek, C.J. "Gent: Small but perfectly formed", Tramways & Urban Transit, Jan. 2002 (64:769), p.8-11.
• Vancraeynest, B.R. "The Gent tramways", Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit, Jan. 1991 (54: 637), p.11-22.

WIKIS

• Gentse Tram [Nl]
• Vicinal tramway [En/Fr/Nl]
• Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij De Lijn [En/Fr/Nl]

WEB SITES

• De Lijn [Nl]
• NMVB - Trams in Belgium [Fr/En]
• SNCV – le Vicinal / NMVB – de buurtspoorwegen [Fr/Nl/En]
• Tram 2000 [Fr/Nl]

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