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UCCLE: Vanderkindere: a node for the tram lines

Following the saga of the trams instead Vanderkindere: tram 23 will continue to cross this famous crossroads, then he must be a terminus for the line. STIB says this will be temporary

Baiverlin Jacques, a retired civil engineer, observes from the balcony of his apartment in the Avenue Winston Churchill, traffic congestion instead Vanderkindere. Cartesian man, he said logically with the arrival of new trams, longer, STIB traffic at this intersection could turn into a nightmare. Small summary of the problem: Stib which now has reorganizes its new tram network. In future, therefore, to improve service, tram 23, which now connects to the Heysel Vanderkindere (reinforced by tram 24, a support line), must necessarily possess, according Stib a terminus at this intersection. The tram line 3, which runs from the North Station roundabout Churchill Vanderkindere also pass through the square. Starting next year, this line, in itself, will be strengthened by the arrival of new trams, T4000, which measure 42 meters long. Why
essential to a terminus Vanderkindere? Three other lines cross this intersection to date: Tram 91 between Stall and Louise, tram 92 between Fort Jaco and Schaerbeek Station and tram 90 between Rogier and Midi. This will disappear in the Stib plans and will be replaced by the new line 25 which will go to Rogier Boondael (no longer go to Uccle). Similarly, the 91 will be deleted.
short, remain at the crossroads Vanderkindere: trams 23 and 3 (terminal), 92 (unchanged) and the future line 4 (favorite number to 51) between Stall and Esplanade. By consolidating all these lines instead Vanderkindere, STIB creates a node junction to allow passengers to move in four directions to Stall, Louise, Albert (and Gare du Midi), and Buyl (and Montgomery). The concern of Jacques
Baiverlin is to see the trams, longer paralyze the traffic. However, it has a simple solution. "Too easy," smiled the engineer. "Could we not imagine that all trams, with the exception of 92 who come to the roundabout Vanderkindere, stop there, landing their passengers, then to turn around? One could imagine a signaling device for avoiding collisions between trams 92 and 4 on the Avenue Brugmann ". The idea is attractive in that traffic would not be embarrassed, but passengers should walk a bit to get to their next stop. The replica STIB, it is predictable: "We have schedules to meet. The driver stops at a terminal has a rest break. Moreover, the idea of marking is not realistic. For the tram 92 to continue its normal route without being bothered by tram 4, it should be ... a third way to circumvent the other two in the Avenue Brugmann, "says Mary Jean-Michel, responsible for the direction of network development .

The "90" disappears in April

Recently, Jacques Baiverlin just learned that the tram 23, whose terminal Vanderkindere was announced, finally continue its path beyond to the Gare du Midi. Here we lose altogether its Latin. "It is true that the tram 23 to continue his journey south," admits Jean-Michel Mary. "But this will be temporary. The proposed restructuring is done in phases. In April, line 25, replace the line 90, will visit Boondael. To compensate for this loss, line 23 will continue until noon. "