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ASVi Museum - Tramway Historique Lobbes-Thuin

6530 Thuin, Belgium (Wallonne)
Address 2A, rue du Fosteau
 
 
Floor area unfortunately not known yet  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Trams
  • Railway

Opening times
 April to October Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday: 11h -18h
Driving on Saturdays and Sundays see: www.asvi.be/en/index/index.htm

Admission
Status from 09/2014
 Museum: 3 €;
Museum + ride on all trams: 9 €, reduced: 7 €
Contact
Tel.:+32-71-37 00 05  eMail:asvi asvi.be  
Homepage
to Location / Directions
www.asvi.be
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Location / Directions
N50.341157° E4.279458°N50°20.46942' E4°16.76748'N50°20'28.1652" E4°16'46.0488"
Thuin ist eine Gemeinde der belgischen Provinz Hennegau in Wallonien.

Rund 80 Kilometer nordwestlich von Brüssel liegt in der belgischen Provinz Hennegau das kleine Städtchen Thuin

Thuin verfügt über einen Bahnhof an der Eisenbahnstrecke Charleroi–Erquelinnes, die vor dem Einsatz des Thalys Teil der Hauptstrecke zwischen Paris und Norddeutschland war.

Thuin liegt an der Nationalstraße 59, die von Seneffe kommt und bei Gozèe auf die N 53 (Charleroi–Chimay) trifft.
Description

Track gauge: 1000 mm (meter gauge).

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
The ASVi is a tramway museum in Thuin in Belgium, which specialises in the history of the Belgian narrow gauge Vicinal system. The museum includes an operating museum tram line which runs from Thuin to Lobbes.
 

The metre gauge historic tram line is made of two sections

* a part of the former vicinal tramway line Thuin - Anderlues (lines 91 and 92). This line was part of the famous and extensive Belgian vicinal tramway network which once covered the whole country;
* a part of the SNCB normal gauge line (line 109 Mons - Chimay) which was converted to metric gauge and equipped with an overhead line for power supply.
 

Description of the historic line

Leaving the Thuin museum, the line follows first the former SNCB line, and then follows the "avenue de la Couture" towards the cemetery of Thuin and a bridge to cross the Sambre. Then it goes down along the SNCB railway and reaches Lobbes Pont du Nord where it crosses Route Nationale 559. Then it goes around Lobbes along a western itinerary to reach the station Lobbes Hôtel de Ville. From there, the line turns again towards RN 559 to reach it at the level of the station Lobbes Entreville ; from there the line is on the west side of this road to the terminus of Lobbes Bonniers. This northern section is one of the last electrified roadside sections of tramway which remains in Belgium.

From avenue de la Couture, a section of the former vicinal also allows to reach the lower part of Thuin on the banks of Sambre.

In August 2010, a 3 km extension to Biesme-sous-Thuin has been inaugurated. It is established on the platform of the former SNCB line from Mons to Chimay.
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