Hasselt – Maastricht tramway

The Hasselt – Maastricht tramway (Dutch: Sneltram Hasselt - Maastricht) is a proposed fast tram system linking Hasselt, Belgian province of Limburg and Maastricht, Dutch province of Limburg. The project is part of the Spartacusplan of Belgian Limburg, proposed by the Belgian transport company De Lijn, with the aim to improve the province's transport links. The tramway was originally proposed to open in 2017.[1].

Sneltram Hasselt - Maastricht
Overview
Locale Province of Limburg, Belgium Maastricht, Province of Limburg, Netherlands
Transit typefast tram / light rail
Number of lines1
Number of stations13
Websitetrammaastrichthasselt.eu
Operation
Operator(s)De Lijn
Technical
System length± 30 km.

Because a bridge would need to be reconstructed, tram services are not going to reach Maastricht station in the first place, but instead terminate at Maastricht Mosae Forum.

The tramway will run on a combination of new and old (to be reactivated) railways, and will facilitate an easier connection in a northeasterly direction between Maastricht (incl. the overall southern part of the Dutch Limburg province) and Antwerp (via Hasselt), as current rail services from the Dutch province to Belgium are solely in the southerly direction of Liège-Guillemins (via Maastricht).

Proposed tram stops
StopLocationImageOpenedAdditional information
Hasselt Hasselt1847Tramway to commence service in 2024
KanaalkomHasseltest. 2024
Kolonel DusartpleinHasseltest. 2024
ProvinciehuisHasseltest. 2024
Campus Universiteit HasseltDiepenbeekest. 2024
DiepenbeekDiepenbeekest. 2024
BeverstBeverstest. 2024
MunsterbilzenMunsterbilzenest. 2024
BilzenBilzenest. 2024
LanakenLanakenest. 2024
BelvédèreMaastrichtest. 2024
Maastricht-CentrumMaastrichtest. 2024
Maastricht Maastricht1853Scrapped; bus connection to Maastricht-Centrum
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References
  1. "Akkoord over tram Hasselt-Maastricht" (in Dutch). OV magazine. 2016-12-16. Retrieved 2017-03-19. De sneltram moet vanaf 2021 tussen Hasselt en Maastricht gaan pendelen.
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