Brussels tram is one of the types of public transport in Brussels . It is operated by the city organization STIB / MIVB .
Konka (the first in Belgium) appeared in Brussels in 1869, in 1877 steam trams began to be used in the city, and in 1894 an electric tram began operating in Brussels (the first in Belgium).
Brussels has an extensive tram network; as of the end of 2007, the city has 18 routes. In 2007-2008, a network reorganization program was carried out, during which the routes of some routes change, new routes appear and some old ones are closed (we are not talking about the physical removal of tram lines).
The tram lines of Brussels have a different character: the city has combined routes, routes on dedicated lanes, and underground tram lines (on routes 3, 4, 7 and others). The underground part of the tram routes is called in the city of Premetro. After the Paris attacks in connection with the search for terrorists for several days, along with the metro, the pre-metro stations were closed.
On the lines of the Brussels light rail [1] , the alarm and auto-blocking system of the Belgian company ACEC was used. [2] In December 1970, during the congress of the International Union of Public Transport / Union Internationale des Transports Publics (UITP), the representative from Ukraine Vladimir Veklich [3] [4] got the opportunity to thoroughly get acquainted with the system. He described it in a book [2] and took it as a prototype for a similar system he developed on the domestic element base for the Kiev light rail line . [5] [6] [7] [8]
The Brussels tram is the only tram system in Belgium with a standard gauge (1,435 mm).
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See also
- Underground tram
Literature
- V.F. Veklich New technical solutions in city electric transport - K.: Budivelnik, 1975 - 64 p., Ill.
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Notes
- ↑ According to the Belgian magazine Spoorweg Journaal (Nr. 124, november-december 2001), in 1969, trams carried 12-15 thousand passengers per hour in each direction on the Brussels line.
- ↑ 1 2 V.F. Veklich New technical solutions in city electric transport - K.: Budivelnik, 1975 - 64 s, ill.
- ↑ Encyclopedia of modern Ukraine : in 25 volumes / Ed. I. M. Dziuba et al. - Kiev: 2005. - V. 4. - P. 187 - ISBN 966-02-3354-X (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Krat V. I. Vladimir Fillipovich Veklich // Communal services of cities. Kiev: Technique - 1998. - No. 17. - S. 3-9. - ISSN 0869-1231 (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Veklich V.F. Self-locking and signaling device on a high-speed tram / Sat. City electric transport 22 - M: TSBNTI MKH RSFSR, 1973. - S. 18 - 28
- ↑ Veklich V. F. et al. Some features of electrical equipment and automation devices for high-speed trams // Science and Technology in Urban Economy: Republican Interdepartmental Scientific and Technical Collection, ed. V.F. Veklich - Kiev: Budivelnik, 1979 Issue 42 -C.70-74.
- ↑ Veklich V. F. et al. Testing of interval control systems for train movement for high-speed tram lines // Science and Technology in Urban Economy: Republican Interdepartmental Scientific and Technical Collection, ed. V.F. Veklich - Kiev: Budivelnik, 1981 - Iss. 48 - S.21-26.
- ↑ Dyakonov V.K. Veklich V.F. Application of automation devices on high-speed tram // City economy of Ukraine. - 1971. - No. 3. - S. 38-40. - ISSN 0130-1284 (Ukrainian)