Brussels buses

The Brussels buses network is complementary to the rail network in Brussels, Belgium, which consists of trams, trains, and metro trains. Brussels buses are operated by STIB/MIVB, the local public transport company. It has 50 bus routes and 11 night routes, which run on Friday and Saturday night.[1]

Bus near Brussels-North railway station.

Some buses from Flemish transport company De Lijn and Walloon transport company TEC also serve Brussels but are not part of the same bus system.

History

The first motor buses were used in Brussels in 1907, with one route connecting the Brussels Stock Exchange to the Ixelles town hall. It was then stopped in 1913. Other buses were set in service from 1920 on, and in 1926 Les Autobus Bruxellois, a bus company, was founded to operate the bus network.[2] In 1955, one year after the STIB was founded, it took over Les Autobus Bruxellois and operated the bus network, made of 3 bus routes and 1 trolleybus route.[3] The STIB expanded the network and in 1964, it was 185 km long.[4] The rolling stock was renewed in 1972[5] and in 1991, with a new yellow livery.[6] In 2003, the STIB tested its first night bus route named N71[7]

Current bus routes

Valid on 2 June 2015

Route Number From To Note
Bus 12 Brussels Airport Brussels-Luxembourg railway station Only runs Monday to Friday before 8pm.
Bus 13 UZ Brussel Simonis metro station
Bus 14 UZ Brussel Brussels-North railway station
Bus 17 Beaulieu metro station Heiligenborre
Bus 20 Hunderenveld Brussels-North railway station
Bus 21 Brussels Airport Brussels-Luxembourg railway station Runs only Lekaerts - Brussels-Luxembourg on Monday-Friday before 8pm.
Bus 27 Brussels-South railway station Andromède / Andromeda
Bus 28 Brabançonne Konkel
Bus 29 De Brouckère metro station Hof ten Berg
Bus 34 Porte de Namur / Naamsepoort metro station Sainte-Anne / Sint-Anna One in two buses diverted to Rond Point du Souverain / Vorstrondpunt from Auderghem Shopping / Oudergem Shopping before 8pm. After 8pm, all buses divert this way.
Bus 36 Schuman metro & railway station Konkel
Bus 38 De Brouckère metro station Héros / Helden
Bus 41 Transvaal Héros / Helden
Bus 42 Viaduc E40 / Viaduct E40 Roodebeek metro station
Bus 43 Observatoire / Sterrenwacht Station Diesdelle / Gare Vivier d'Oie
Bus 45 Roodebeek metro station Saint-Vincent / Sint-Vincentius
Bus 46 Anneessens metro station Moortebeek
Bus 47 Vilvoorde railway station De Brouckère Only runs Vilvoorde railway station to Heembeek during rush hour, after 6pm, and on Sundays.
Bus 48 Bourse / Beurs premetro station De Croly
Bus 49 Bockstael metro station & Bockstael railway station Brussels South railway station
Bus 50 Brussels South railway station Lot railway station
Bus 53 Hôpital Miltaire / Militair Hospitaal UZ-VUB
Bus 54 Forest Centre (Bervoets) / Vorst Centrum (Bervoets) Trône / Troon metro station
Bus 56 Schuman Buda Opened 2 March 2020.[8][9]
Bus 57 Hôpital Militaire / Militair Hospitaal Brussels North railway station Only runs Monday to Friday during rush hour
Bus 58 Vilvoorde railway station Yser / IJzer metro station Does not run after 10pm
Bus 59 Hôpital Etterbeek-Ixelles / Ziekenhuis Etterbeek-Elsene Bordet railway station
Bus 60 Ambiorix Uccle Calevoet / Ukkel Kalevoet railway station
Bus 61 Brussels North railway station Montgomery metro station
Bus 63 Cimetière de Bruxelles / Begraafplaats van Brussel De Brouckère metro station
Bus 64 Machelen Porte de Namur / Naamsepoort metro station
Bus 65 Bourget Brussels Central railway station Runs to Bourget during rush hour, terminates short at NATO at other times.
Bus 66 Péage / Tol De Brouckère metro station
Bus 69 Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek railway station Jules Bordet Only runs Monday to Friday during rush hour.
Bus 71 De Brouckère metro station Delta metro & railway station
Bus 72 Devèze-ULB ADEPS
Bus 75 Bon Air / Goede Lucht CERIA/COOVI metro station
Bus 76 Kraainem metro station Oppem Does not run after 8pm, or on Sundays.
Bus 77 Kraainem metro station Hippodrome / Hippodroom Only runs Monday to Friday during rush hour.
Bus 78 Brussels South railway station Humanité / Humaniteit
Bus 79 Kraainem metro station Schuman railway & metro station
Bus 80 Porte de Namur / Naamsepoort metro station Maes
Bus 84 Heysel / Heizel metro station Berchem Station
Bus 86 Gare Centrale / Centraal Station Machtens
Bus 87 Beekkant metro station Simonis metro & railway station
Bus 88 Heysel / Heizel metro station De Brouckère metro station
Bus 89 Bockstael metro & railway station Westland Shopping
Bus 95 Bourse / Beurs premetro station Wiener
Bus 98 Héros / Helden CERIA/COOVI metro station Only runs Monday to Saturday, before 10:30pm.

References
  1. "www.stib-mivb.be". www.stib.be.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2013-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "www.stib-mivb.be". www.stib.be. Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2013-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-21. Retrieved 2013-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "www.stib-mivb.be". www.stib.be. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
  7. [http://www.stib.be/2000-2007.html?l=fr [
  8. "Le nouveau bus 56 relie Neder-Over_Heembeek au quartier euroopéen". La Capitale (in French). 21 February 2020.
  9. "Découvrez le trajet de la nouvelle ligne de bus 56 qui relie Neder-Over-Heembeek au quartier européen". La Libre (in French). 21 February 2020.
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