Opérateur de transport de Wallonie (, ''Transport Operator of Wallonia'', OTW), formerly Société régionale wallonne du transport (, ''Walloon Regional Transport Company'', SRWT), is responsible for the supervision, strategic planning and marketing of a group of five regional public transport directorate branded as TEC or "Transport En Commun" (French for: ''Public Transport'') in
Wallonia
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,
Belgium
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. It is primarily a bus operator, but also operates the
Charleroi light rail system and the
light rail line in Liège.
TEC sells the
MOBIB smartcard branded "TEC it easy" and runs a chain of shops called Espace TEC. Most of TEC buses and trams in Charleroi are distinctively painted yellow and red.
History
TEC was founded in 1991 through the breakup of the former Belgian
NMVB/SNCV into separate companies for Wallonia and
Flanders
Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, la ...
. In 2019, ''Société régionale wallonne du Transport'' (SRWT) became ''Opérateur de transport de Wallonie'' (OTW).
TEC directorate
* TEC Walloon Brabant
* TEC Charleroi
* TEC Hainaut
* TEC Liège-Verviers
* TEC Namur-Luxembourg
See also
*
De Lijn
Vlaamse Vervoersmaatschappij De Lijn (, ), more commonly known as De Lijn, is a state-owned enterprise run by the Flemish government in Belgium to provide public transport with about 2240 buses and 399 trams. De Lijn was founded in 1991 after the ...
- public transport company in Flanders
*
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles
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Lactalis is the largest dairy pr ...
STIB-MIVB - public transport company in Brussels
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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 ...
- the former SNCV
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Métro Léger de Charleroi
The Métro Léger de Charleroi (, abbreviated as MLC) is a light rail network in Belgium. The system consists of a loop line around central Charleroi and three branches towards the suburbs of Gilly, Belgium, Gilly, Anderlues and Gosselies. Anoth ...
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Trams in Liège
References
External links
TEC official websiteTram Travels: Transport En Commun en Wallonie (TEC)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Societe Regionale Wallonne du Transport
Public transport operators
Government-owned companies of Belgium
Organisations based in Wallonia
Public transport in Belgium