Wow, how atmospheric. I was a schoolboy in the South East of England in those days and we visited Belgium a few times in this era. My first ever view of trams.
Brought back happy memories of my own first excursion from the UK to see the trams of Belgium including the delightful Vicinal in 1969. So much to see then but it was also wonderful to visit Brussels last year for the 150 years celebrations
😊. You will find a lot more video of the last years of the real visual in this link. Europe UK Trams Trains Trolleybuses ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNC0_Yij1-K5sFXu_hAe5oZZ.html
i took the 39 (and 41?) from woluwe st. pierre to grand place as an american teenager in 74, 75, and 76 to drink on friday and saturday nights. went to double diamond, king of spain, liter place, and most importantly the bier kelder. attended brussels american school. great times.
Your memory is not bad. It was in fact the 39 and 44. Both used to go into the city somewhere, but after the metro reached Montgomery, those 2 route were truncated to that location and one had to change to the metro to continue. That happened around 1976.
I’m not afraid to say Brussels has the most dense public transport in the world, probably even more than NYC or London, you just can’t go 500m without a tram or a bus stop or a tube station. They also did a smart thing with these underground tram lines; these are ONLY designed to be temporary, so the line can be converted to a tube line. By temporary, in some cases I mean 5 years, in some over 45. Also, route 44 usually hits 70km/h on most of the route, because it was a former railway line till 1960s, and well it goes through a forest mostly. It was also the very last line to use these original, short PCCs, until they were withdrawn in February 2010. Montgomery’s tram terminus nowadays is an underground loop, like these they have in Toronto. Overall, the city changed dramatically, thanks for the video, again.
I visited Bruxelles a number of times over the years and keep up to date with happenings via the fan magazine Tram 2000. First steps are being taken now to convert the north south city Pre-metro to metro right now.
Afraid you're confusing two lines, 39 and 44. The part of the 39 after Stockel towards Ban Eik was indeed an old railway line closed end of December 1958 (Bruxelles - Tervueren), the 44 was always a tram line. And the trams are electrically limited to 65 km/h (40 mph).
Chaotic, but also fascinating. Some of those single track sections remained in operation into the mid 1980s, some possibly to the late 1980s. You will find more video of the Vicinal amongst these links. Europe UK Trams Trains Trolleybuses ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNC0_Yij1-K5sFXu_hAe5oZZ.html
Wow, how atmospheric. I was a schoolboy in the South East of England in those days and we visited Belgium a few times in this era. My first ever view of trams.
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Waouw, amazing video! Rue du Progrès changed a lot since 1975!!
It’s funny that some places in cities change enormously, while others are unchanged 50 or more years later.
Zucker, zauberhaft, wunderwunderschön! :)
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Brought back happy memories of my own first excursion from the UK to see the trams of Belgium including the delightful Vicinal in 1969. So much to see then but it was also wonderful to visit Brussels last year for the 150 years celebrations
😊👍. Have you already seen my other Vicinal videos?
@@tressteleg1 I think I have found them all!!
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Great video! Cool to see the old trams
Some of those are still running.
tressteleg1 wow that’s amazing!
Brilliant footage - specially the Vicinal metre-gauge in the villages. The last months and years of an epic system
😊. You will find a lot more video of the last years of the real visual in this link. Europe UK Trams Trains Trolleybuses
ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNC0_Yij1-K5sFXu_hAe5oZZ.html
i took the 39 (and 41?) from woluwe st. pierre to grand place as an american teenager in 74, 75, and 76 to drink on friday and saturday nights. went to double diamond, king of spain, liter place, and most importantly the bier kelder. attended brussels american school. great times.
Your memory is not bad. It was in fact the 39 and 44. Both used to go into the city somewhere, but after the metro reached Montgomery, those 2 route were truncated to that location and one had to change to the metro to continue. That happened around 1976.
Magnifique vidéo. 😍
Quelle nostalgie toutes ces images du passé! Etant gosse, on se promenait avec les louveteaux dans le tunnel à De Wand
I’m not afraid to say Brussels has the most dense public transport in the world, probably even more than NYC or London, you just can’t go 500m without a tram or a bus stop or a tube station.
They also did a smart thing with these underground tram lines; these are ONLY designed to be temporary, so the line can be converted to a tube line. By temporary, in some cases I mean 5 years, in some over 45. Also, route 44 usually hits 70km/h on most of the route, because it was a former railway line till 1960s, and well it goes through a forest mostly. It was also the very last line to use these original, short PCCs, until they were withdrawn in February 2010. Montgomery’s tram terminus nowadays is an underground loop, like these they have in Toronto. Overall, the city changed dramatically, thanks for the video, again.
I visited Bruxelles a number of times over the years and keep up to date with happenings via the fan magazine Tram 2000. First steps are being taken now to convert the north south city Pre-metro to metro right now.
Afraid you're confusing two lines, 39 and 44. The part of the 39 after Stockel towards Ban Eik was indeed an old railway line closed end of December 1958 (Bruxelles - Tervueren), the 44 was always a tram line. And the trams are electrically limited to 65 km/h (40 mph).
Yes. I agree that Nope is mistaken. I did not notice that error when I replied previously.
12:50 clearly shows how chaotic some SNCV routes around Charleroi used to be. Single track running facing oncoming traffic.
Chaotic, but also fascinating. Some of those single track sections remained in operation into the mid 1980s, some possibly to the late 1980s. You will find more video of the Vicinal amongst these links.
Europe UK Trams Trains Trolleybuses
ua-cam.com/play/PLLtOIHp49XNC0_Yij1-K5sFXu_hAe5oZZ.html
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+ I wonder where this has been taken. Can’t tell which station it is.
My Brussels helpers did not recognise it so I guess we will never know.
@@tressteleg1 Pretty sure it's Arts-Loi.
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