11/30/2022 0 Comments Tam uroute 6![]() The largest part of the trams route, between the Gasthuishoeve stop and Astrid, and between Diamant and the Olympiade terminus, were already being used by tram routes 2,3 (and partially 5 and 15). Although the route added some new parts to the operational tram network in Antwerp, no new tracks or tunnels had to be built. On Saturday 27 October 2007, a new tram route 6 was opened, functioning as a new north-south connection through the pre-metro network, where previously, all pre-metro lines ran between Linkeroever in the west, and either northern or southern Antwerp. The original trajectory is now a part of circular bus route 30/34 (depending on the direction of travel). On 30 March 1964, this trolleybus route itself was replaced by a regular bus route. In 1938, the tram route was replaced by a trolleybus route, having a depot in the Somméstraat. The original tram route 6, also known as the "port route", ran between the Stuivenberg hospital and the present day Bolivarplaats (at the time, still the site of Antwerp-Zuid station), using the Lange Beeldekensstraat, Diepestraat, Brouwersvliet to the quays at the river Scheldt, and then following the quays all the way to its southern terminus. Also, it is known and promoted as an "event route", because it connects various event hubs in the city, like the Kinepolis cinema, the sportpaleis stadion, Antwerp Central Station, the Antwerp zoo (and until 2017 Aquatopia), the UGC cinema, the Koningin Elisabethzaal, the diamond museum, the deSingel art centre and Antwerp Expo, where fairs are regularly held (most notably the annual Antwerp book fair). īecause of the large underground portion of the route, it is presented by De Lijn as a rapid tram route. After coming above ground near the Charlottalei, it follows the Belgielei to the Harmonie park, and then the Jan van Rijswijcklaan to its terminus Olympiade in the Kiel neighborhood. After crossing the canal, the route enters the pre-metro network, which it uses between Sport to the north and Plantin to the south. The route then uses the Groenendaallaan and Delbekelaan, before arriving at the Gabriel Theunis bridge over the Albert canal. Tram route 6 begins at the Metropolis P+R next to the Metropolis cinema complex in the southern part of the Luchtbal suburb. Tram 6 on Jan van Rijswijcklaan towards Olympiade P+R ![]()
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