Английская Википедия:Coast Tram
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox rail line
The Coast Tram (Шаблон:Lang-nl) is a public transport 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 Шаблон:Convert in length, it is currently (as of октябрь 2024) the world's longest metre gauge tram line in service,[1] and the second-longest light rail service in the world after the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system,[2] as well as one of the few interurban tramways in the world to remain in operation. The line is fully electrified at 600 V DC.
History
What is now the coast line started out as part of the extensive Belgian Vicinal tramway, a network of interurban trams that once covered the entire nation. The first section of the coast line between Ostend and Nieuwpoort was opened in 1885. Although the original route was further inland than the modern one, only short parts of the original section in Ostend and Nieuwpoort centres are still in operation. On its creation, the line was managed by the NMVB (Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen), that operated an interurban tram system throughout Belgium. In 1991, the NMVB/SNCV was broken into two regional companies, one Walloon and the other Flemish, with the Flemish successor company, Vlaamse Vervoermaatschappij De Lijn taking responsibility for operation of the coastal tram.
Characteristics
The service makes 67[3] stops along the almost Шаблон:Convert line, with a tram running every 10 min during the peak summer months (every 20 min in the winter months), and it is used by over 15[4] million passengers per year. In 2021–22, 48 new CAF Urbos "Zeelijner" trams entered into service to replace all the older BN series 6000 (similar to the Métro Léger de Charleroi LRV fleet and to a lesser extent, the LRTA 1000 class of the Manila Light Rail Transit System yellow line, retired on 23 September 2023) and HermeLijn trams (the latter mainly loaned from Ghent and Antwerp in the summer from 2006–2022). They are completely low-floor and longer than the old trams.
All trams, except the loaner HermeLijn Ghent trams, are unidirectional and have to be turned on a loop in order to reverse direction.
Notable features are the sea-view between Ostend and Middelkerke, the tracks through the dunes at De Haan, the fast speed, the two alternative routes that exist around both ends of the Leopoldkanaal locks, and the similar single track diversion around the inland end of the Boudewijnkanaal lock.
The maximum speed is officially Шаблон:Convert. This speed is common between the villages.
Gallery
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Tram in Ostend Henegouwenstraat stop (abandoned)
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Ostend (old tramstation, demolished in 2019)
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Tram in Oostende station Ostend (demolished in 2019)
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Tram leaving De Haan station
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De Haan station (in service in 1902)
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A couple of trams in De Haan station
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Tracks between De Haan and Wenduine
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Depot at Adinkerke
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Classic tram in 1980s (Blankenberge)
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In 1986 Nieuwpoort
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Ostend in 1982
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Also in 1982 Oostende station (Ostend)
See also
References
External links
- Шаблон:In lang De Kusttram (Official site)
- Шаблон:In lang De Lijn (Official site)
- Шаблон:In lang Buurtspoorweg foto archief
- Шаблон:In lang TRAMANIA Buurtspoorweg sponsoring
- Шаблон:In lang UrbanRail.net page
- Cab Ride video of the entire line
Шаблон:Transport in Belgium Шаблон:Belgian Coast Tram
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ website "de lijn"
- ↑ see: Kusttram on Wikipedia.
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