There are / have been city tramways (other than NMVB lines) in the following places in Belgium:
Verviers is a small city with (around 1880) about 80.000 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Vesdre. There was some wool processing industries in the city.
In 1884 two horse tram lines were opened in Verviers. For these, see the page about the horse tram in Verviers. The company was the "Tramways Verviétois" which was founded on 24 september 1883 afther which the horse tramway started on 1 july 1884.
In 1900 the two horse tram lines in the city were replaced by electric trams. In the same year a new line to Heusy (south of Verviers) was opened. Later on some more lines were opened
The line to Heusy was also used by the NMVB-tram line to Spa. That line started on 1909-08-03 and was closed in 1952-06-30.
The line to Renoupré was also used by the NMVB tram to Eupen. That line started on 1933-05-15 and was closed on 1956-02-20.
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The line to Heusy was extended by the NMVB to Spa in 1909. The TV made exploitation of that line from 1911 to 1920. In that year the NMVB did exploitation of the line from Heusy to Spa itself, passengers had to change in Heusy. In 1920 trams of NMVB went over the tracks of TV to the railway station.
The depot for the electric lines of TV was situated in the eastern side of the city on line 1 near Reoupre.
Shortly after the NMVB closed the line from Verviers to Spa in 1952 and the line to Eupen in 1956, the closure of the TV-lines started:
In 1960 the TV was included in a new company VTC, which was included into the STIV in 1961.
For me the list of rolling stock is not yet complete, some pieces are unknown to me. Below you find what is known to me:
Motor coaches
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More information can be found on the page of the Tramways Verviétois on Wikipedia.