The
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
premetro
A premetro is a tramway or light railway which includes segments built to rapid transit standards, generally as part of a process of conversion to a metro-standards railway usually by the construction of tunnels in the central city area.
Hist ...
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tramline 7 connects the stop Vanderkindere in
Uccle
Uccle () or Ukkel () is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. In common with all of Brussels' municipalities, it is legally bilingual (French–Dutch). It is generally considered an affluent area of the city an ...
with the stop
Heizel/Heysel in
Laeken, where connecting services of
tram 51,
metro 6, bus 84 and bus 88 depart. The colour of the signage for this line is bright yellow.
Route
Heysel/Heizel - Centenaire/Eeuwfeest - De wand - Araucaria - Buissonets/Braambosjes - Heembeek - van Praet - Docks Bruxsel - Princesse Elisabeth/Prinses Elizabeth - Demolder - Hôpital Paul Brien/Paul Brien-ziekenhuis - Louis Bertrand - Héliotropes/Heliotropen - Chazal - Léopold III/Leopold III - Meiser -
Diamant
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Georges Henri -
Montgomery -
Boileau -
Pétillon - Arsenal/Arsenaal - VUB -
Etterbeek Gare/Etterbeek station - Roffiaen - Buyl - Cambre-Étoile/Ter Kameren-Ster - Legrand - Longchamp - Gossart - Cavell - Churchill - Vanderkindere
History
This line was formed on March 14 2011, to replace
tram 23 and
tram 24. Tram 23 followed the same route, as well as tram 24 between Vanderkindere and Princesse Elisabeth/Prinses Elizabeth, where it deviated towards
Schaarbeek railway station
Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.
Located to the north-east of the centre of Brussels, the station mainly serves trains travelling between central Bruss ...
, 1 stop further.
Together with tram lines
3,
4,
8 and
9, it is one of five 'chrono' lines, which means that this line is served by low-floor high-capacity trams with a high frequency. The low line number chosen for the new line shows that it is either a metro line or a chrono line.
Timetabling
During the daytime, a tram passes every 7½ minutes, rising to every 6 minutes during peak hours.
Rolling stock
The line is fully served by the Brussels low-floor trams (the
T3000 and
T4000).
See also
*
List of Brussels tram routes
This is a list of Brussels tram routes :
* tram route 3: from Churchill to Esplanade
* tram route 4: from Stalle Parking to Brussels-North
* tram route 7: from Vanderkindere to Heysel/Heizel
* tram route 8: from Roodebeek to Louise/Louiz ...
External links
STIB/MIVB
* Translated from:
nl:Tramlijn 7 (Brussel)
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