List of town tramway systems in Belgium

This is a list of town tramway systems in Belgium by province. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Antwerpen (Antwerp)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Antwerp	Horse	25 May 1873	?
		Electric	2 September 1902
	Mechelen	Electric	1913	30 April 1957	Reintroduction discussed

Brussels

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Bruxelles / Brussel / Brussels	Horse	1 May 1869	190_
		Steam	1876 1879	1877 1879
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1883 1886	1883 1890
		Electric	1 May 1894		see Brussels trams.

Note: The Brussels-Capital Region is not a province. Neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any.

Oost-Vlaanderen (East Flanders)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Gent /Ghent	Horse	24 May 1874	?
		Accumulator (storage battery)	23 January 1899	?
		Electric	1 December 1901

Vlaams Brabant (Flemish Brabant)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Leuven	Horse	?	?
		Electric	?	15 August 1952	Reintroduction discussed

Hainaut

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Charleroi Urban	Steam	1881	?
		Electric	4 July 1904	29 June 1974
	La Louvière	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	?
	Vicinal (interurban tramway) system	Steam	3 June 1887	?
		Electric	28 March 1901		First Prémétro (Métro Léger de Charleroi, LRT) segment opened 24 May 1983.
	Mons	Steam	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
		Electric	?	3 June 1973
	Péruwelz	Horse	?	?
	Tournai	Electric	?	21 May 1955

Liège

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Eupen	Electric	?	30 July 1956
	Liège Urban	Electric	?	23 December 1961
	Liège – Seraing	Horse	?	?
		Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	30 April 1968
	Verviers	Horse	?	?
		Electric	31 April 1900 [1]	31 December 1969

Limburg

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hasselt – Genk	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	31 January 1958	Reintroduction (LRT) planned (Hasselt – Maastricht, Netherlands) Flemish television news, 12 February 2007

Namur

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Namur	Electric	?	26 May 1963

West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Brugge (Bruges)	Electric	?	1950 (or 1951	reintroduction discussed, see Kustlijn
	De Panne	Horse	?	?
		Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
		Electric	?	?	see also Kustlijn.
	Knokke – Urban	Horse	?	?
		Electric	?	1951	see also Kustlijn.
	Koksijde	Horse	?	?	see also Kustlijn.
	Kortrijk	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	25 March 1963
	Nieuwpoort – Oostduinkerke	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	?	see also Kustlijn.
	Oostende /Ostend urban	Steam	?	?
		Accumulator (storage battery)	?	?
		Electric	?	1 July 1958
	Kustlijn (Coast Line, Adinkerke – De Panne – Oostende – Knokke)	Steam	15 July 1885	?
		Electric	1 October 1908		see Belgian coast tram.
	Tielt	Horse	?	?

See also

• Books, Periodicals and External Links
• List of light-rail transit systems
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of trolleybus systems