Trams in Ghent

51°03′11″N 3°43′12″E / 51.053°N 3.72°E / 51.053; 3.72 (Gent)

Ghent tramway network
A HermeLijn tram in the Korenmarkt [nl], 2012.
Operation
Locale	Ghent, Belgium
Horsecar era: 1874 (1874)–ca. 1904 (1904) Status Converted to electricity Operator(s) Les Tramways de la Ville de Gand (1874–1897) Société Anonyme des Railways Éonomiques de Liège-Seraing et Extensions (RELSE) Compagnie Générale des Railways à voie étroite (CGR) (1897) SA des Tramways Electriques de Gand (1898–ca. 1904) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Propulsion system(s) Horses
Accumulator tram era: 1899 (1899)–ca. 1904 (1904) Status Experiments abandoned Operator(s) SA des Tramways Electriques de Gand Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Propulsion system(s) Rechargeable batteries
Electric tram era: since 1904 (1904) Status Operational Operator(s) SA des Tramways Electriques de Gand (1904–1961) Maatschappij voor Intercommunaal vervoer te Gent (MIVG) (1961–1991) De Lijn (since 1991) Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge Propulsion system(s) Electricity Electrification 600 V DC Overhead Depot(s) Gentbrugge Website De Lijn (in English)

The Ghent tramway network (Dutch: de Gentse tram) is a network of tramways forming part of the public transport system in Ghent, a city in the Flemish Region of Belgium, with a total of four lines (T1, T2, T3 and T4). Since 1991, the network has been operated by De Lijn, the public transport entity responsible for buses and trams in Flanders.

The network is being operated with HermeLijn trams and Bombardier Flexity 2 trams.^[1]