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    In 1982 STIB founded the nonprofit organization “Musée du Transport Urbain Bruxellois” to develop the activities of what is now known as the Tram Museum. It was a brilliant idea: enthusiastic amateurs would be laying the groundwork for […]

We are finalizing the preparations for the 40th anniversary of the Museum on the 22nd of May. One of the stars of the day will be a steam tram locomotive of the “Tramways de l’Est de Bruxelles”, built by Cockerill […]

It is with pleasure that we can once again offer you heritage trips with our “Belle Epoque” trams on rue Royale and avenue Louise! Our trams will run on the following days: Easter Monday 18/04 Labour Day 01/05 Assumption Day […]

For this year’s “Fête de l’Iris” (the Day of the Brussels Capital Region), we will pull out all the stops on the “royal itinerary” between Sainte-Marie church and place Stéphanie. From 12 noon to 5.30 p.m., four “Belle Epoque” trams will […]

From April to late September we are open again every weekend and holidays from 1 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. On opening days, our historical trams and buses run: between the Museum and Tervuren (“Belle Epoque” trams) between the Museum and […]

From January until Maart 2022, we will be open the second weekend of each month. On opening days our trams will run between the Museum and Tervuren, our oldtimer buses will do trips between the Museum and place Schuman. Our […]

It is with great pleasure that we can announce the restart of our special heritage trips through rue Royale and avenue Louise, on board one of our belle epoque trams! This Saturday and Sunday, 15 and 16 August, we offer […]

During these difficult times of compulsory confinement, we offer you a way to escape, with this nostalgic footage of an unforgettable 1st of May 2019!

Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the tram in Brussels (and Belgium)? We’re on it! 2 February 2019: departure of horse-drawn car 509 from the Museum. Not as easy as it looks! 16 February 2019: removal of the wheels of Omnibuses […]

Join us for the 150th anniversary of the Brussels tram network!   The 1st of May, 1869 was a historic date for Brussels. On that day, the very first tram line was put into operation. This horse tram line ran from […]