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Trams in Ghent

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newspaper kiosks. There are no conductors on trams, but sometimes tickets are checked by fare enforcers; travellers without tickets may be fined €75 for a first time offense and up to €400 for a third or more time offense within 12 months . More recently these fare enforcers are oftentimes accompanied by several police officers. They have been granted some extended powers since 2009.
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are also afoot for a tramline connecting Gent Sint-Pieters and Gent-Dampoort railway stations (route 7). The plan also includes increased frequencies (eight trams per hour), additional bus services and a Park & Ride system. In 2014 the extension works started for tram lines 21 and 22 to the centre of Zwijnaarde and for tram line 4 to
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A ticket, which allows an hour's travel over most of the city, costs €2.50 if bought from a tram-driver or €3 if bought in advance. Tickets are sold by vending machines at many tram stops, and at special "Lijnwinkel" kiosks (which also sell monthly and weekly passes). Tickets can also be bought at
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Some services follow a truncated route. Until 2004 they had their own numbers. For example, 11 and 12 were shortened versions of routes 1 and 2; the shortened routes along the way of route 4 were known as 41, 42 while route 4 was numbered 40. Nowadays, when a route is shortened, it retains the same
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Significant expansion of the Ghent tram network is planned up to 2025; the network would expand to 80 km (50 mi) instead of 30 km (19 mi), and six routes instead of three. Route 3 to Mariakerke, closed in 1969, is planned to reopen in the 2010s under De Lijn's Pegasusplan. Plans
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By the early 1990s there was a lack of trams due to expansion of the tram network. In order to solve this problem, it was decided to acquire used trams. In 1993 a PCC tram from Saint-Etienne (France) arrived in Ghent, board number STAS 507. Its stay in Ghent was not successful and saw little use.
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Trams on all of the routes run from approximately 5:30 AM until 01:30 AM on weekdays, until 2:15 AM on friday and saturday and until 11:30 PM on sundays. The interval between trams is between 5 minutes (peak hours) and 20 minutes (off-peak). Each tram stop within the city of Ghent has a timetable.
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is planned, with the start of the extension works expected in 2025. This will add 1.5 km (0.93 mi) of tracks and 3 new tram stops. The conversion of a part of busline 10 and 11 (the former busline 3) into a tramroute is postponed until further notice, while some part of the tracks have
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While works on the tracks at the Coupure area are being done, tramline T4 will only serve 4 stops from Sint-Pieters Station to Ghent's University Hospital. Normal service should resume around summer 2024. The current routes are expected to last until 2029, when the rebuild between Veldstraat and
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Tram nos. 6224 — 6254. A decision was taken not to modernize those trams. Decommissioning began in 2006; as of late 2007 seventeen of the trams were decommissioned. Up to 2010 the usage of non-modernized PCCs is supposed to finish but, as of 31/12/2008, a total of 43 PCC trams remain in service
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The power of battery operated trams was 25 hp (19 kW). Each tram carried 45 passengers. The maximum speed of each was 12 km/h (7.5 mph); by law, the operator was not allowed to travel any faster. A special 600 kW (800 hp) generating station was built to charge the
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The necessity to build a new tram depot arose because the Gentbrugge depot will be too small for the expanding transport system. In the interim, tracks under the E17 highway are being used as a temporary store. This is near the current depot, and also known as "Ghent Brugge-2 depot".
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Nine ex-Bochum trams arrived in Ghent. There numbers were 6260 — 6265 and 6267 — 6269 (Bochum numbers 29, 20, 19, 22, 23, 27, 11, 14, 16). Yet their usage in Ghent was only four years, the Bochum trams left service by April 25, 1998, and by October 21, 1998
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Tram nos. 6202 — 6223 were modernized in 1998–2003. The interior was completely changed, doors were replaced, and driver's cab were completely separated from passenger's space. It is supposed that those trams will work for 11–14 years more.
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Trams 6315 — 6331 were the second series of HermeLijn trams. They were delivered from February 10 to 1 December 2005. They have minor construction differences from the first series, and an automated stop announcement
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Horse-drawn trams appeared in Ghent in 1874. The rolling stock consisted of 43 carriages, 14 of them open and the other 29 closed, with 100 horses used to draw them. The horse-drawn trams were operated by
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Until 1974 the archaic two/three-axle trams "oude gele tramkes" (old little yellow trams) were used on Ghent's tram network. During their working life, they were rebuilt and refurbished several times.
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already been laid in the city centre, between the Sint-Michielshelling and Sint-Jacobs. This is due tramroute T7 getting a higher priority, which is a new line between Sint-Denijs-Westrem and
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Routes overlap each other in some places. As of 6 January 2024, there are four routes in Ghent: Numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4. Every route has its own color; this color is depicted in a vehicle's
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In the 1990s Ghent's tram system started to expand again. In 1993 route 21 was extended to Melle Leeuw. In 1999, routes 21/22 were extended from Sint-Pieters to Zwijnaardebrug, near the
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Starting in 1998, a modernization of the Gent PCC trams took place. This modernization featured a completely new interior, and separate driver's cabs at each end, with air conditioning.
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It is likely that these PCCs will continue service for a long time, since there are not enough new trams on order to replace them, especially regarding the planned network expansions.
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Both the extension of T4 and the new tramline T7 are part of the Gentspoort project, a big mobility project around Ghent expected to start in 2027, consisting of 6 separate projects.
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at each end. There are also two non-switch 90-degree crossings, on the crossing of Zonnestraat with Veldstraat as well on the crossing of Zonnestraat with Korte Meer.
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Trams 6332 - 6341 entered service during 2007. They are used in winter and spring on the Ghent tram network; in summer and autumn they are used on De Kusttram, the
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Archaic two- and three-axle trams, built in the early 20th century, continued in use until the early 1970s. The last of these were withdrawn in 1974.
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operated along the former tram route 3. In June 2009, the trolleybus stopped running, and under the Pegasusplan the route will revert to tram operation.
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Tram no. 6201. This tram was recently repaired, yet not modernized. It was brought back to the condition of 1971, and repainted into the original
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motorway; a further extension to Zwijnaarde-Dorp south of the E40 is under construction and due to open in November 2016, an additional branch to
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In the 1960s the tram network of Ghent decreased rapidly, there were eleven routes (1-10, 20) in 1961. By 1974 there were just four; the route to
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blue livery, as it was from 1971–1991. This tram would be transferred to a museum in 2010, but is still occasionally used in case of shortage.
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On PCC trams, the front door works only for entry; on newer HermeLijn trams passengers can enter or exit trams using any of the doors.
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On streets where tram tracks are located away from the sidewalk, i.e. in the middle of the roadway, stops are located on
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The system has no triangles and only a single turnback loop. Therefore, all rolling stock must be bidirectional, with
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opened in March 2016. The last extension previous to that took place in April 2005 when route 1 was extended to the
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Since 2000, the Ghent tram network started to receive new generation Low Floor tram stock, these trams were named
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take place in the center of the city. Bidirectional rolling stock makes it easier to organize shortened routes.
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At a stop, when wishing to board, a passenger should raise their hand to request an approaching tram to halt.
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However, battery traction was operationally unsuccessful, so in 1903 a decision was made to install
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This depot is used by trams as well as buses. A new tram depot was planned on a brownfield site at
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to the city centre. Instead, tram route 1 follows the route of tram 3 south of the city centre.
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Ticket vending machine on Brugsepoort stop (Route 4). This machine sells only single tickets.
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Kortrijksepoortstraat is finished. This will have an impact on the route of tramline T1.
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to the MIVG (Maatschappij voor Intercommunaal Vervoer te Gent) municipal organization.
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Share of the Société Anonyme des Tramways Electriques de Gand, issued 18. August 1930
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Trams 6301 — 6314 were the first low floor trams. They were delivered in 1999–2000.
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Additional shortened routes are organized frequently when mass activities such as
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The network covers approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) . The track gauge is
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with pedestrian overpasses leading to them. This improves pedestrian safety.
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As of April 2024, only the expansion of tramway 4 from Gent Neuseplein to
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Between January 2024 and 2028, there are no trams on the main tramway
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From 1971–1974, 54 PCC trams were delivered to Gent, built at
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On August 13 of 1897 operating concessions were issued to the
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trams, which would be allocated to Ghent, Antwerp, and the
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decided to scrap the trams and sell them for scrap metal.
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In 1961 the tram property was transferred from the TEG
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In 1994 it was decided to buy used Duewag trams from
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Index

51°03′11″N 3°43′12″E / 51.053°N 3.72°E / 51.053; 3.72 (Gent)

HermeLijn
Korenmarkt
nl
Ghent
Belgium
Horsecar
Track gauge
standard gauge
Accumulator tram
Track gauge
Rechargeable batteries
Electric tram
De Lijn
Track gauge
metre gauge
Electricity
Electrification
V
DC
Overhead
Gentbrugge

De Lijn (in English)
Dutch
tramways
public transport
Ghent
Flemish Region

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