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Trams in Belgium   (NMVB/SNCV/city trams)

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Horse trams in Belgium

There are / have been horse tramways in the following places in Belgium:

[Antwerpen] [Brussel] [Tielt] [Knokke] [Koksijde] [DePanne] [Charleroi] [Liège] [Verviers]

 

Horse trams in : Koksijde

Koksijde is a small village with (today) about 20.000 inhabitants (only 1200 inhabitants around the year 1900). It is situated in the province of West-Vlaanderen, at the most south western side of the coastal line of Belgium, halfway between Nieuwpoort and the French border.

 

Maps

network horse tram Koksijde
 

Lines

From 1904-07-24 on there was a horse tram line from the village of Koksijde to the beach (Koksijde Bad). It was operated by the "Société anonyme de Coxyde-Plage". It was laid in a narrow gauge.

In 1909 the line was replaced by the steam tram line of the NMVB, which was electrified in 1929.

 

Rolling stock

Unknown to me.

 

Fotos


foto: A horse tram ready to depart.
 

 
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