The tram route 51 in

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, Belgium, is operated by

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, and connects

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in the

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to the Van Haelen stop in the southern municipality of

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. The route runs north–south, crossing the City of Brussels,

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, the City of Brussels again, Saint-Gilles,

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and Uccle. Currently, service is interrupted between

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and Altitude Cent/Hoogte Honderd due to construction work at

Albert premetro station Albert (; ) is a '' premetro'' (underground tram) station located on the border between the municipalities of Saint-Gilles and Forest in Brussels, Belgium. The station is at the crossroad between the / on the Greater Ring and the /, between F ...

Route

Starting from the Stade/Stadion stop, the route runs along with tram route 23 in reserved track parallel to the Boulevard du Centenaire/Eeuwfeestlaan up to the Centenaire/Eeuwfeest stop. At this point, route 23 turns off to the left and route 51 turns right, joining tram route 19 on the Avenue Jean Sobieski/Jan Sobieskilaan. The route then follows the Boulevard de Smet de Naeyer/De Smet de Naeyerlaan, offering transit with the

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again at Stuyvenbergh. Past Jette Cemetery, routes 19 and 51 separate, with route 51 heading towards Belgica metro station via the Avenue Charles Woeste/Charles Woestelaan, and then towards

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via the Boulevard Belgica/Belgicalaan and the Boulevard du Jubilé/Jubelfeestlaan. At Ribaucourt, the route joins the

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(Brussels' inner ring road) at the Place Sainctelette/Saincteletteplein via the Boulevard Léopold II/Leopold II-laan, crosses the

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, connects with the Metro at Yser/IJzer, enters the

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(Brussels' city centre), then runs alongside the canal up to the Ninove Gate. At this point, route 51 joins tram route 82, running along the Small Ring up to

via

Lemonnier premetro station Lemonnier () is a '' premetro'' (underground tram) station in central Brussels, Belgium, located near the crossroads between the Boulevard Maurice Lemonnier/Maurice Lemonnierlaan and the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road). The station is ...

, where it enters the

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in Saint-Gilles up to

. These stops from Lemonnier to Albert connect with tram routes 3 and 4. When exiting the tunnel, route 51 heads towards the Place de l'Altitude Cent/Hoogte Honderdplein, then joins the Chaussée d'Alsemberg/Alsembergsesteenweg up to

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, then joins again the Chaussée d'Alsemberg via the Rue d'Angleterre/Engelandstraat and the Rue du Château d'Or/Gulden Kasteelstraat. It then stops at the Van Haelen stop on the Chaussée d'Alsemberg at the border between the

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and the

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municipality of

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. Until September 2023, trams will not run between Brussels-South and Altitude Cent/Hoogte Honderd, splitting the line into a northern segment running from Stade/Stadion to Brussels-South and a southern segment running from Van Haelen to Altitude Cent/Hoogte Honderd. This is due to construction work at Albert station which will make it inaccessible to route 51. The work at Albert station is part of a project to upgrade it from a ''premetro'' (underground tram) station to a multimodal full metro station in preparation for the future Metro line 3.

References

External links

STIB/MIVB official website
{{Urban rail transport in Brussels 51 City of Brussels Forest, Belgium Jette Saint-Gilles, Belgium Molenbeek-Saint-Jean Uccle

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