List of town tramway systems in Belgium

This is a list of town tramway systems in Belgium by region and province. It tables all tram systems, both past (including vicinal tramways) and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Known tram systems that operated on tracks other than standard gauge are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)
Trams in Brussels	Brussels	Horse	1 May 1869	190_
		Steam	1876 1879	1877 1879
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1883 1886	1883 1890
		Electric	1 May 1894

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Antwerp tramway	Antwerp	Horse	25 May 1873	?	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Antwerp tramway	Antwerp	Electric	2 Sep 1902		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Mechelen	Electric	1913	30 Apr 1957	Reintroduction discussed^[1]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Ghent	Ghent	Horse	24 May 1874	?
		Accumulator (storage battery)	23 Jan 1899	?
		Electric	1 Dec 1901		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Leuven	Horse	?	?
	Leuven	Electric	?	15 Aug 1952	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Reintroduction discussed^[2]

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hasselt – Genk	Steam	?	?
	Hasselt – Genk	Electric	?	31 Jan 1958	Reintroduction (LRT) planned: Hasselt – Maastricht (see: Netherlands)^[3]

List of town tramway systems in Belgium

Brussels

Flanders

Antwerp Province

East Flanders

Flemish Brabant

Limburg

West Flanders

Wallonia

Hainaut

Liège Province

Namur

See also

References

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Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn – i.e. Coast Line: Adinkerke – De Panne – Oostende – Knokke)	Belgian coast	Steam	15 Jul 1885	1955
	Belgian coast	Electric	1 Oct 1908		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Brugge (Bruges)	Electric	1913	1951	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Reintroduction discussed: see Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	De Panne	Horse	?	?
		Petrol	?	?
		Electric	?	?	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Knokke – Urban	Horse	?	?
	Knokke – Urban	Electric	?	1951	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Koksijde	Horse	?	?	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Kortrijk	Steam	?	?
	Kortrijk	Electric	?	25 Mar 1963
	Nieuwpoort – Oostduinkerke	Steam	?	?
	Nieuwpoort – Oostduinkerke	Electric	?	?	See also: Coast Tram (Belgium) (Kustlijn).
	Oostende /Ostend urban	Steam	?	?
		Accumulator (storage battery)	?	?
		Electric	?	1 Jul 1958
	Tielt	Horse	?	?

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Charleroi	Charleroi	Steam	1881	?
Trams in Charleroi		Electric	4 Jul 1904	29 Jun 1974^{[citation needed]}	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) Converted to light rail (see: MLC).
Métro Léger de Charleroi (MLC)		Electric	21 Jun 1976		Light rail. Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) See also: List of former MLC lines.
	La Louvière	Steam	?	?
	La Louvière	Electric	?	August 1993
	Vicinal	Steam	3 Jun 1887	?
	Vicinal	Electric	28 Mar 1901		Interurban tramway system. First grade separated segment (i.e. LRT) opened om 21 June 1976.
	Mons	Steam	?	?
		Petrol	?	?
		Electric	?	3 Jun 1973
	Péruwelz	Horse	?	?
	Tournai	Electric	?	21 May 1955