Tramway Touristique De L'Aisne
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__NOTOC__ The Tramway touristique de l'Aisne (, ''Aisne Tourist Tramway'') is the official designation of the tourist use of a former rural
vicinal tramway The National Company of Light Railways (, abbreviated as NMVB; , abbreviated as SNCV) was a state-owned transportation provider which comprised a system of narrow-gauge tramways or local railways in Belgium, which covered the whole country, incl ...
in Belgium. The line is the oldest and longest
tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
way in the province of
Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour ...
, between
Érezée Érezée (; ) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers , had 2,968 inhabitants, a population density of . The municipality consists of the following district ...
and
Dochamps Dochamps (; ) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Manhay, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The earliest mention of the village is from 1011, but there appears to have been an earlier Viking settlement her ...
. It is a
gauge Gauge ( ) may refer to: Measurement * Gauge (instrument), any of a variety of measuring instruments * Gauge (firearms) * Wire gauge, a measure of the size of a wire ** American wire gauge, a common measure of nonferrous wire diameter, especia ...
line along the Aisne river. The extension from Forge à la Plez and Dochamps to Lamorménil was opened by
Prince Laurent of Belgium Prince Laurent of Belgium (Laurent Benoît Baudouin Marie de Saxe-Cobourg; born 19 October 1963) is the second son and youngest child of King Albert II and Queen Paola, and younger brother of King Philippe. Currently, he is 15th in the Belgi ...
on 21 June 2015.


See also

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Tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
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Vicinal tramway The National Company of Light Railways (, abbreviated as NMVB; , abbreviated as SNCV) was a state-owned transportation provider which comprised a system of narrow-gauge tramways or local railways in Belgium, which covered the whole country, incl ...
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Belgian Coast Tram The Coast Tram () is a light rail service connecting the cities and towns along the Belgian (West Flanders) coast between De Panne, near the French border, and Knokke-Heist, near the Dutch border. At in length, it is currently the world's long ...
• Tram de Han * List of town tramway systems in Belgium


External links

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Press file
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Official web site of the TTA
Tram transport in Belgium Metre-gauge railways in Belgium Heritage railways in Belgium Tourist attractions in Luxembourg (Belgium) Érezée Manhay {{Belgium-transport-stub