Photo Review
(all photos: Gary Thornton)
19th October 2008
Pathfinder Tours
Gent Tram Tour Vol.1
| Tram Used | PCC 01 (full De Lijn current fleet number 6201) |
Route:
| Tram (cab leading) |
Route |
| 01 (01-A) | Gent Sint Pieters (Tram Tunnel) - Athenium - Maaltebruggestraat - (1) - Flanders Expo - Maaltebruggestraat - Athenium - Sint Denijslaan (2) |
| 01 (01-B) | Sint Denijslaan - Gent Sint Pieters (Tram Tunnel) - Veergreb - Savaanstraat - Korte Meer - Koren Markt - Gravensteen - Burgstraat - Rabot - Rabot headshunt |
| 01 (01-A) | Rabot headshunt - Rabot - Opgeeistenstraat - Mudiebrug - (3) - Sint Salvatorstraat - Hellig Kerst - Langesteenstraat - Gravensteen - Koren Markt - Belfort - Zuid - Vijfwindgatenstraat - Sint Lievensdoorgang - Botermarkt - Moscou |
| 01 (01-B) | Moscou - Botermarkt - Sint Lievensdoorgang - Vijfwindgatenstraat - Zuid |
| 01 (01-A) | Zuid - Vijfwindgatenstraat - Clarissenstraat - Stelplaats - Arsenaal - Leeuw |
| 01 (01-B) | Leeuw - Arsenaal - Stelplaats - De Lijn tram/bus depot points |
| 01 (01-A) | De Lijn tram/bus depot entrance points - De Lijn tram/bus depot (4) |
| 01 (01-B) | De Lijn tram/bus depot - De Lijn tram/bus depot entrance points - Clarissenstraat - Zuid - Vogelmarkt - Zonnestraat - Rozenmarijnbrug - Bijlokehof - Meersstraat - Gent Sint Pieters (Tram Tunnel) |
Notes:
(1) Via Flanders Expo loop line, to allow service tram
to pass.
(2) To just beyond points no.144 - on the now disused line 21/22 to the south of
Gent Sint Pieters station (line has been rerouted to the other side of station).
(3) Via side spur prior to Sint Salvatorstraat, to allow
service tram to pass.
(4) To track leading to shed roads 5-8, stopped just short of points no.39. For
depot visit (tram/bus depot and also trolley-bus depot on opposite side of
road).
Source : Gary Thornton (on the tour throughout)
Photo Review
(all photos: Gary Thornton)
01 waits in the loop at Flanders Expo whilst a service tram passes.
In the Rabot headshunt, whilst transferring between lines 1 & 4.
Moscou - another reversal as this is the end of this line.
Waiting to depart from the De Lijn tram/bus depot.
Timings (Actual Only)
(from Gary Thornton)
| Location | (Booked) Actual |
| Gent Sint Pieters | (08.45d) 08.45 [Tram Tunnel] [line 1] |
| Flanders Expo Loop Line | 08p55a ~ 09p02d [Loop Line] |
| Flanders Expo | 09.02½a ~ 09.10d |
| Athenium | ??/?? [line 1 - disused line 21/22] |
| Sint Denijslaan (points 144) | 09.18a ~ 09.24d [disused line 21/22 - line 1] |
| Gent Sint Pieters | 09/25 [Tram Tunnel] |
| Korte Meer | 09/31 |
| Koren Markt | 09/32½ |
| Gravensteen | 09/34 |
| Burgstraat | 09/35 |
| Rabot | 09/37 [line 1 - line 4] |
| Rabot headshunt | 09p38a ~ 09p43½d [line 4] |
| Rabot | 09.45 ~ 09.45½ |
| Mudiebrug | 09.51½ ~ 09.52 [side spur] |
| side spur | 09p52½ ~ 09p55d |
| Sint Salvatorstraat | 09.56 ~ 09.56½ |
| Langesteenstraat | 10/00 |
| Gravensteen | 10/01 |
| Koren Markt | 10/02½ |
| Duivelsteen | 10/04 |
| Lippensplein | 10/04½ |
| Zuid | 10/05 [P2] [line 4 - line 21/22] |
| Vijfwindgatenstraat | 10/06½ |
| Sint Lievenspoort | 10.08 ~ 10.08½ |
| Moscou | 10p13a ~ 10p27½d [Straatkant platform] |
| Ledebergplein | 10/31 |
| Zuid | 10.34½ ~ 10.35 [P1] |
| Keizerpoort | 10/37 |
| Stelplaats | 10/40 [line 21/22 - line 21] |
| Leeuw | 10p44a ~ 10p48½d |
| Stelplaats | [line 21 - line 21/22] 10/51 |
| De Lijn tram/bus depot entrance points | 10.52 ~ 10.52½ |
| De Lijn tram/bus depot | [points 39] 10p53a ~ 11p54d [from nearer depot entrance] |
| Keizerpoort | 11/57 |
| Zuid | 11/59 [P1] |
| Lippensplein | 11/59½ |
| Vogelmarkt | 12/01 |
| Rozemarijnbrug | 12/04½ |
| Bijlokehof | 12/07 |
| Meersstraat | 12/08 |
| Gent Sint Pieters | 12.09½a [Tram Tunnel] |
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