Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB) | |
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Overview | |
Locale | Brussels, Belgium |
Transit type | Tram, Bus and Metro |
Annual ridership | 400.9 million (2017) [1] |
Website | www.stib-mivb.be |
Operation | |
Began operation | 1954 |
The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company ( French: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or STIB; Dutch: Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or MIVB) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by the double acronym STIB/MIVB, or by its French acronym, STIB.
STIB/MIVB is responsible for the Brussels Metro, Brussels trams and Brussels buses, linking with the De Lijn network in Flanders and the TEC network in Wallonia.
Founded in 1954, STIB/MIVB operates 4 metro lines, 17 tram lines [2] and 55 bus lines, along with 11 "Noctis" bus lines (as of April 2023). [3] It covers the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other regions. 329 million trips were made in 2011, a 5.6% increase from the previous year. [4] Ridership has increased sharply in recent years to 370 million trips in 2015. [5] Peak ridership was attained in 2019 with 427.5 million journeys. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, ridership dropped below 250 million in 2020. Ridership is recovering slowly, with 273.8 million journeys in 2021 (64% of ridership recorded in 2019). [6]
In 1991, STIB/MIVB had a farebox recovery ratio of 28%. [7] In 2009, following annual increases of 1.56% in passenger journeys and 2.4% in direct revenue, fares covered 54.8% of operating costs.[ citation needed]
STIB/MIVB is a shareholder of Transamo, a transport engineering and consultancy firm in Europe that specialises in the project management of public transport projects in France. [8] [9] [10] [11] Transdev is the other major shareholder of Transamo. [12]
Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB) | |
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Overview | |
Locale | Brussels, Belgium |
Transit type | Tram, Bus and Metro |
Annual ridership | 400.9 million (2017) [1] |
Website | www.stib-mivb.be |
Operation | |
Began operation | 1954 |
The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company ( French: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or STIB; Dutch: Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or MIVB) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by the double acronym STIB/MIVB, or by its French acronym, STIB.
STIB/MIVB is responsible for the Brussels Metro, Brussels trams and Brussels buses, linking with the De Lijn network in Flanders and the TEC network in Wallonia.
Founded in 1954, STIB/MIVB operates 4 metro lines, 17 tram lines [2] and 55 bus lines, along with 11 "Noctis" bus lines (as of April 2023). [3] It covers the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other regions. 329 million trips were made in 2011, a 5.6% increase from the previous year. [4] Ridership has increased sharply in recent years to 370 million trips in 2015. [5] Peak ridership was attained in 2019 with 427.5 million journeys. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, ridership dropped below 250 million in 2020. Ridership is recovering slowly, with 273.8 million journeys in 2021 (64% of ridership recorded in 2019). [6]
In 1991, STIB/MIVB had a farebox recovery ratio of 28%. [7] In 2009, following annual increases of 1.56% in passenger journeys and 2.4% in direct revenue, fares covered 54.8% of operating costs.[ citation needed]
STIB/MIVB is a shareholder of Transamo, a transport engineering and consultancy firm in Europe that specialises in the project management of public transport projects in France. [8] [9] [10] [11] Transdev is the other major shareholder of Transamo. [12]