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| Above: YouTubeCA video – HISTOIRE DES TRAMS LIÉGEOIS 1871 – 1967 / Mag' de la rédac' – Length:22:37 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video – le Tram à Liège en 1964 – Length: 2:49 mins. |
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ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP
| GL | Gare de Longdoz | PSL | Place Saint-Lambert |
| PA | Pont des Arches | PW | Pont de Wandre |
| PC | Pont de Coronmeuse (Pont Atlas) | RF | République française |
| PRA | Pont de Commerce (Pont du Roi Albert) | Th | Théâtre |
ROUTES
URBAN TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Tramways Unifiés de Liége et extensions (TULE)
| 1 | Guillemins – Coronmeuse |
| 2 | Théâtre – Renory – Seraing |
| 3 | Théâtre – Renory – Ougrée / Jemeppe |
| 4 | Guillemins – Pl. St-Lambert – Gare de Longdoz |
| 5 | Pl. St-Lambert – St-Léonard – Herstal – Vivegnis |
| 6 | Théâtre – St-Léonard – Herstal – Pont de Wandre – Wandre |
| 7 | Pl. St-Lambert – Guillemins – Renory |
| 9 | Guillemins – Pont de Commerce (Pont du Roi Albert) – Gare de Longdoz |
| 10 | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Bois-de-Breux Gare – Fléron Gare |
| 11 | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Bois-de-Breux Gare |
| 12 | Pl. St-Lambert – Ans |
| 13 | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Grivegnée |
| 17 | Guillemins – Pont de Commerce (Pont du Roi Albert) – Bressoux |
| 18 | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Bressoux |
Given the information provided in my sources, it is not possible to describe the exact itinerary of certain tram routes, in particular of routes 2, 3 and 17.
Operator: Railways économiques de Liège-Seraing et extensions (RELSE)
| LF | République française – Renory – Jemeppe – Flémalle-Haute |
| LO | République française – Renory – Ougrée |
| LS | République française – Renory – Seraing – Beauséjour |
INTERURBAN (VICINAL) TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Vicinaux (SNCV)
Electrified routes:
| 50 | Pl. St-Lambert – Ste-Walburge – Rocourt |
| 51 | Pl. St-Lambert – Ste-Walburge – Vottem |
| 52 | Pl. St-Lambert – Ste-Walburge |
| 53 | Pl. St-Lambert – St-Gilles – Grâce-Berleur – Hollogne – Grâce-Hollogne – Jemeppe |
| 55 | Pl. St-Lambert – St-Gilles – Grâce-Berleur – Hollogne |
| 56 | Pl. St-Lambert – St-Gilles – Grâce-Berleur |
| 57 | Tilleur – St-Nicolas – St-Gilles – Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Bressoux – Jupille |
| 58 | Pl. St-Lambert – St-Gilles – En Ster – Ans – Alleur |
| 59 | Jemeppe – Grâce-Hollogne – Mons-Crotteux |
| 60 | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Bressoux – Jupille |
| 61 | Tilleur – St-Nicolas – St-Gilles – Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Bressoux |
| 62 | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Pont de Coronmeuse (Pont Atlas) – Coronmeuse – Herstal |
| 63 | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Pont de Coronmeuse (Pont Atlas) – Coronmeuse |
| B (Bleu) | Pl. St-Lambert – Ste-Walburge – Rocourt – Tongeren |
| J (Jaune) | Pl. St-Lambert – Pont des Arches – Pont de Coronmeuse (Pont Atlas) – Coronmeuse – Herstal – Riemst |
| R (Rouge) | Pl. St-Lambert – Ste-Walburge – Alleur – Oreye – St. Truiden |
The Interurban (Vicinal) electrified country routes denoted by B, J and R above were colour-coded Bleu (Blue), Jaune (Yellow) and R (Rouge) and the letter designations used here were not used by the operator.
Steam-operated routes:
| F | Jupille – Barchon – Dalhem – Fouron-le-Comte |
| L | Vottem – Liers |
The F and L designations above are of an indicative nature only and were not used by the operator.
The steam-operated SNCV line operating between Ougrée and Warzée was suspended between 1938 and 1940, see Davies (2006), p.163.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Urban trams (TULE): 58 km.
- Urban trams (RELSE): ? km.
- Vicinal trams: ? km
HISTORY
- Urban trams (First generation): (horse-drawn) 1871 - ?; (steam) ? - ?; (electric) 9 Aug. 1893 - Nov. 1967.
- Urban trams (Second generation): 28 Apr. 2025 - today.
- Interurban trams: (steam) 6 May 1888 - 1956; (electric) 14 Aug. 1901 - 23 Dec. 1961.
GAUGE
- Trams : 1435 mm.
- Interurban trams (SNCV): 1000 mm.
NB: Sections of the two systems that were interlined had mixed gauge.
SOURCES
- Davies, W.J.K. The Vicinal story - Light railways in Belgium, 1885-1991. Scarborough [England]: Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2006.
- Price, J.H. "Museum news" Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Nov. 1986 (49: 587), p.380-382.
WIKIS
- Ancien tramway de Liège
- Railways économiques de Liège-Seraing et extensions
- SNCV Groupe de Liège
- Tramway de Liège
- Tramways unifiés de Liège et extensions
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