List of town tramway systems in Belgium

This is a list of town tramway systems in Belgium by province

Provinces of Belgium

Belgium is divided into three regions, two of them are subdivided into five provinces each.The division into provinces is fixed by Article 5 of the Belgian Constitution...

. It includes all tram systems, past and present.

Antwerpen (Antwerp)

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Antwerp	Horse	25 May 1873	?
Antwerp	Electric	2 September 1902
Mechelen Mechelen Mechelen Footnote: Mechelen became known in English as 'Mechlin' from which the adjective 'Mechlinian' is derived...	Electric	1913	30 April 1957	Reintroduction discussed

Brussels

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Bruxelles / Brussel / Brussels Brussels Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...	Horse	1 May 1869	190_
	Steam	1876 1879	1877 1879
	Accumulator (storage battery)	1883 1886	1883 1890
	Electric	1 May 1894		see Brussels trams Brussels trams The Brussels tram system is one of the ten largest in the world, carrying some 75.6 million passengers in 2009. Its development demonstrates many of the quandaries that face local public transport planners... .

Note: The Brussels-Capital Region is not a province. Neither does it belong to one, nor does it contain any.

Oost-Vlaanderen
East Flanders
East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders...

(East Flanders)

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)
Gent /Ghent Ghent Tram The Ghent tram is public transport in the city of Ghent, Belgium. Since 1991, it has been operated by De Lijn, the public transport entity responsible for buses and trams in Flanders. As of the end of 2008, there were 40 HermeLijn trams and 43 PCC trams, running on three routes.-General...	Horse	24 May 1874	?
	Accumulator (storage battery)	23 January 1899	?
	Electric	1 December 1901

Vlaams Brabant
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven...

(Flemish Brabant)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Leuven Leuven Leuven is the capital of the province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region, Belgium...	Horse	?	?
		Electric	?	15 August 1952

Hainaut

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Charleroi Charleroi Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as... Urban	Steam	1881	?
	Electric	4 July 1904	29 June 1974
La Louvière La Louvière La Louvière is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. La Louvière's municipality includes the old communes of Haine-Saint-Paul, Haine-Saint-Pierre, Saint-Vaast, Trivières, Boussoit, Houdeng-Aimeries, Houdeng-Gœgnies, Maurage, and Strépy-Bracquegnies...	Steam	?	?
	Electric	?	?
Vicinal (interurban tramway) system	Steam	3 June 1887	?
Vicinal (interurban tramway) system	Electric	28 March 1901		First Prémétro (Métro Léger de Charleroi, LRT) segment opened 24 May 1983.
Mons Mons Mons is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut, of which it is the capital. The Mons municipality includes the old communes of Cuesmes, Flénu, Ghlin, Hyon, Nimy, Obourg, Baudour , Jemappes, Ciply, Harmignies, Harveng, Havré, Maisières, Mesvin, Nouvelles,...	Steam	?	?
	Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
	Electric	?	3 June 1973
Péruwelz Péruwelz Péruwelz is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Péruwelz had a total population of 16,843. The total area is 60.56 km² which gives a population density of 278 inhabitants per km²....	Horse	?	?
Tournai Tournai Tournai is a Walloon city and municipality of Belgium located 85 kilometres southwest of Brussels, on the river Scheldt, in the province of Hainaut....	Electric	?	21 May 1955

Liège

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)
Eupen Eupen Eupen is a municipality in the Belgian province of Liège, from the German border , from the Dutch border and from the "High Fens" nature reserve...	Electric	?	30 July 1956
Liège Urban	Electric	?	23 December 1961
Liège – Seraing Seraing Seraing is a Walloon municipality of Belgium in Province of Liege. The municipality of Seraing includes the old communes of Boncelles, Jemeppe-sur-Meuse, and Ougrée. With Liège, Herstal, Saint-Nicolas, Ans, and Flémalle it forms the greater Liège agglomeration...	Horse	?	?
	Steam	?	?
	Electric	?	30 April 1968
Verviers Verviers Verviers is a Walloon city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. The Verviers municipality includes the old communes of Ensival, Lambermont, Petit-Rechain, Stembert, and Heusy...	Horse	?	?
	Electric	31 April 1900http://www.bestofverviers.be/histoire.htm	31 December 1969

Limburg
Limburg (Belgium)
Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant...

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Hasselt Hasselt Hasselt is a Belgian city and municipality, and capital of the Flemish province of Limburg... – Genk Genk Genk is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. The municipality only comprises the city of Genk itself...	Steam	?	?
		Electric	?	31 January 1958	Reintroduction (LRT) planned (Hasselt – Maastricht Maastricht Maastricht is situated on both sides of the Meuse river in the south-eastern part of the Netherlands, on the Belgian border and near the German border... , Netherlands) Flemish television news, 12 February 2007

Namur

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Namur Namur (city) Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....	Electric	?	26 May 1963

West-Vlaanderen (West Flanders)

Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Brugge (Bruges) Bruges Bruges is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located in the northwest of the country....	Electric	?	1950 (or 1951	reintroduction discussed, see Kustlijn
De Panne De Panne De Panne is a municipality located along the North Sea coast of the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Adinkerke and De Panne proper. On 1 January 2006 De Panne had a total population of 10,060. The total area is 23.90 km² which gives a population...	Horse	?	?
	Petrol (gasoline)	?	?
	Electric	?	?	see also Kustlijn.
Knokke Knokke Knokke is one of a group of communities that are all grouped in the administrative community Knokke-Heist, in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. Knokke itself has 15,653 inhabitants .Knokke-Heist has 33,818 inhabitants .... – Urban	Horse	?	?
	Electric	?	1951	see also Kustlijn.
Koksijde Koksijde Koksijde is a municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders on the North Sea coast, at the southwest side. It comprises the towns of Koksijde proper, Oostduinkerke, St-Idesbald and Wulpen.-Statistics:...	Horse	?	?	see also Kustlijn.
Kortrijk Kortrijk Kortrijk ; , ; ) is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province West Flanders...	Steam	?	?
	Electric	?	25 March 1963
Nieuwpoort Nieuwpoort, Belgium Nieuwpoort is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Nieuwpoort proper and the towns of Ramskapelle and Sint-Joris. On January 1, 2008 Nieuwpoort had a total population of 11,062.... – Oostduinkerke Oostduinkerke Oostduinkerke is a popular seaside resort in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The name Oostduinkerke translates as 'East Dunkirk'. The town originally shared its name with the French city of Dunkirk; therefore, in the 13th century, 'Oost-' was added to its name to avoid confusion with its...	Steam	?	?
	Electric	?	?	see also Kustlijn.
Oostende Ostend Ostend is a Belgian city and municipality located in the Flemish province of West Flanders. It comprises the boroughs of Mariakerke , Stene and Zandvoorde, and the city of Ostend proper – the largest on the Belgian coast.... /Ostend urban	Steam	?	?
	Accumulator (storage battery)	?	?
	Electric	?	1 July 1958
Kustlijn (Coast Line, Adinkerke – De Panne – Oostende – Knokke)	Steam	15 July 1885	?
	Electric	1 October 1908		see Belgian coast tram.
Tielt Tielt Tielt is a Belgian municipality in the province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Tielt proper and the towns of Aarsele, Kanegem, and Schuiferskapelle.-History:Some traces of Gallo-Roman occupation have been found in this area...	Horse	?	?