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31. augusta 2025

Last day of operation of the ex Ghent P.C.C.'s.

18. apríla 2024

The bi-directional Urbos 100 (Stadslijner) has been put into service, currently on routes 1,8,10 and 24.

6. novembra 2023

The CAF Urbos 100 (Stadslijner) have been put in service on line 1.

12. októbra 2023

Delivery of the first new double-end tram.
These trams will replace the Ghent P.C.C.'s and will be used for shuttles in the tramtunnels.

6. júna 2023

05/06/2023: all services on route 24 are operated with CAF trams, no more P.C.C.'s on route 24.
09/06/2023: due to roadworks and single track, route 7 runs between Olympiade and Eilandje and this for at least 6 months or more.
15/06/2023: a solution has been found for route 7 and the tram operates for exactly 1 day on the normal path.
16/06/2023: due to road- and trackworks, route 7 will be diverted to Groenplaats till 30/08/2023. Route 7: Mortsel — Groenplaats.
01/07/2023: the route to Hoboken (route 4) will be closed till the complete renovation, which is not yet planned, maybe something for 2024/2025. Articulated buses will offer a shuttle service. Route 2 (Merksem — Zwaantjes) and 4 (Zwaantjes — Berchem) will be combined and operating with low-floor trams. This means also that no more PCC's will run on routes 2 and 4. In the summer months, a limited number of P.C.C.'s will probably only run on routes 7 and 8.

28. mája 2023

150 years tram in Antwerpen, included a tram parade.

12. marca 2023

Last day of operation of route 11. The tracks and streets are going to be completely overhauled. This process will take until 2024/2025.
This also marks the definitive end of the original (non-modernised) P.C.C.'s.

30. januára 2023

The new CAF trams will enter in service on route 10 and soon on route 24 and 1. Until further notice, the oldest P.C.C. trams will remain in service, but only on route 11.

9. januára 2023

Sufficient new tram drivers have been recruited, which means the normal timetable is returning . Line 12 is also back in service and the Ghent P.C.C.'s.

7. novembra 2022

Due to the poor condition of the tracks and some rail and road works, the tram network is being modified.

Line 2: shortened to Zwaantjes (Merksem — Zwaantjes, since 13/06/2022)
Line 4: shortened to Berchem Station (Hoboken — Berchem Station)
Line 9: extended to Silsburg (P&R Linkeroever — Silsburg)
Line 11: shortened to Centraal Station (Berchem Station — Centraal Station)

Due to acute staff shortage, frequency on following lines will be reduced to a 15-minute service:

Line 1: P&R Luchtbal — Zuid
Line 4: Hoboken — Berchem Station (Groenenhoek)
Line 7: Mortsel — Eilandje
Line 8: P&R Wommelgem — Astrid
Line 24: Silsburg — Havenhuis

Although the track works have been completed for some time, service on line 12 will not resume for now due to lack of staff.

20. júla 2022

Due to the heat (39°), the PCCs did not operate during the day (between 12:00 and 18:00), so that lines 4 and 7 only had a limited timetable, while line 11 did not operate at all.
Eventually the entire tram service had to be discontinued due to various problems with the catenary.

17. januára 2022

A new terminus 'P&R Linkeroever' will be launched on the site of a new parking building. The new terminus will be served by routes 5 and 9. The old terminus will remain for route 15 and will be renamed 'Regata'.

5. novembra 2021

Arrival of the first CAF Urbos tram in with a ship in Zeebrugge and transported to Antwerp.
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=889656578386837

23. augusta 2021

Route 12 will be closed for at least a year, probably until the end of summer 2022.

15. mája 2020

The normal timetable shall be resumed. Also route 11 will return.

28. marca 2020

Due the corona crisis the frequencies are drastically reduced.

Route 2-3-5-9-10-15 will run every 15 minutes.
Route 1-4-6-8-12-24 will run every 30 minutes.
Route 7 will run every 45 minutes.

Route 11 is cancelled since 23/03/2020 and this remains unchanged. Route 12 was also since 23/03/2020 no longer in operation, but will officialy be back at 28/03/2020.
The trams are running between 05h30 and midnight.

8. decembra 2019

Two new routes will be inaugurated in the north of the city centre. A line between the Rooseveltplaats and the Noorderplaats, which will be used by lines 1 and 24 and an extension to the Havenhuis. This is +/- 3,5 km new tracks. The pre-metro Opera station will also be reopened.

15. septembra 2018

Line 70, a complete new tram line, came in service between MAS / Eilandje (endstation line 7) and P&R Luchtbal / Havana (endstation line 6)

19. februára 2018

The first PCC cars from Gent arrived at the Deurne Depot. Bi-directional cars are needed in Antwerpen due to roadworks that start next summer. Additional PCC cars from Gent are to be delivered soon.

Last day of operation of ex Ghent P.C.C.'s.