Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company

Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB)
Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB)
Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company; Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB); Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB)
	A Cityrunner, part of STIB/MIVB's rolling stock
Overview
Locale	Brussels, Belgium
Transit type	Tram, bus and metro
Annual ridership	400.9 million (2017)
Website	www.stib-mivb.be/home
Operation
Began operation	1954

The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (French: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles^[a] or STIB; Dutch: Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel^[b] 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.

History and operation

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]}

Transamo

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]

Footnotes

^ French pronunciation: [sɔsjete de tʁɑ̃spɔʁ ɛ̃tɛʁkɔmyno də bʁysɛl].
^ Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmaːtsxɑˈpɛi voːr (ɦ)ət ˌɪntərkɔmyˈnaːl vərˈvuːr tə ˈbrʏsəl].

References

^ "STIB – Activity report". 2017.stib-activityreports.brussels.
^ "STIB - Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles". www.stib-mivb.be.
^ "Network Maps". STIB-MIVB. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "329 millions de voyages pour la Stib en 2011: +5,6 %". La Capitale.be. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "Key figures". Stib.be. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "Customers | STIB - Activity report 2021". 2021.stib-activityreports.brussels. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
^ "Lessons from Japanese Experiences of Roles of Public and Private Sectors in Urban Transport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
^ "Light Rail Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Bus Rapid Transit Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Passenger Rail Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
^ "Transdev Annual Report 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
^ "Who are we?". Transamo. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

External links

STIB-MIVB official website

[2] French pronunciation: [sɔsjete de tʁɑ̃spɔʁ ɛ̃tɛʁkɔmyno də bʁysɛl].

[3] Dutch pronunciation: [ˌmaːtsxɑˈpɛi voːr (ɦ)ət ˌɪntərkɔmyˈnaːl vərˈvuːr tə ˈbrʏsəl].

[1] "STIB – Activity report". 2017.stib-activityreports.brussels.

[4] "STIB - Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles". www.stib-mivb.be.

[5] "Network Maps". STIB-MIVB. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[6] "329 millions de voyages pour la Stib en 2011: +5,6 %". La Capitale.be. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

[7] "Key figures". Stib.be. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[8] "Customers | STIB - Activity report 2021". 2021.stib-activityreports.brussels. Retrieved 27 April 2023.

[9] "Lessons from Japanese Experiences of Roles of Public and Private Sectors in Urban Transport" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2006. Retrieved 5 January 2014.

[10] "Light Rail Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[11] "Bus Rapid Transit Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[12] "Passenger Rail Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.

[13] "Transdev Annual Report 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2018.

[14] "Who are we?". Transamo. Retrieved 21 January 2018.

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v t e Brussels Metro
Line 1	Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Beekkant Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne De Brouckère Gare Centrale/Centraal Station Parc/Park Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Maelbeek/Maalbeek Schuman Merode Montgomery Joséphine-Charlotte Gribaumont Tomberg Roodebeek Vandervelde Alma Kraainem/Crainhem Stockel/Stokkel
Line 2	Elisabeth Ribaucourt Yser/IJzer Rogier Botanique/Kruidtuin Madou Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Trône/Troon Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort Louise/Louiza Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof Porte de Hal/Hallepoort Gare du Midi/Zuidstation Clemenceau Delacroix Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Beekkant Osseghem/Ossegem Simonis
Line 4	Gare du Nord/Noordstation Rogier De Brouckère Bourse/Beurs Anneessens Lemonnier Gare du Midi/Zuidstation Porte de Hal/Hallepoort Parvis de Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis Voorplein Horta Albert —— Stalle Parking
Line 5	Erasme/Erasmus Eddy Merckx CERIA/COOVI La Roue/Het Rad Bizet Veeweyde/Veeweide Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido Aumale Jacques Brel Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Beekkant Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne De Brouckère Gare Centrale/Centraal Station Parc/Park Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Maelbeek/Maalbeek Schuman Merode Thieffry Pétillon Hankar Delta Beaulieu Demey Herrmann-Debroux
Line 6	Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn Heysel/Heizel Houba-Brugmann Stuyvenbergh Bockstael Pannenhuis Belgica Simonis Osseghem/Ossegem Beekkant Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Delacroix Clemenceau Gare du Midi/Zuidstation Porte de Hal/Hallepoort Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof Louise/Louiza Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort Trône/Troon Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Botanique/Kruidtuin Rogier Yser/IJzer Ribaucourt Elisabeth
Line 7	Heysel/Heizel —— Diamant Georges Henri Montgomery Boileau —— Vanderkindere
Line 10	Queen Astrid Military Hospital —— Gare du Nord/Noordstation Rogier De Brouckère Bourse/Beurs Anneessens Lemonnier Gare du Midi/Zuidstation Porte de Hal/Hallepoort Parvis de Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis Voorplein Horta Albert —— Churchill
Brussels buses Brussels trams List of stations STIB/MIVB

v t e Urban rail transport in Brussels
Brussels Metro	List of Brussels Metro stations
Brussels premetro	4 (partly Premetro: 7 19 25 39 51 55 82
Brussels trams	4 7 8 9 [[\|10]] 18 19 25 [[\|35]] 39 51 55 62 81 82 92 93 97 List of Brussels tram routes
STIB/MIVB Brussels buses

v t e Public transport in Belgium
National	Rail transport Railway services Railway lines High-speed rail Main railway stations MOBIB (farecard) SNCB/NMBS (company) Infrabel (company) Vicinal tramway (abandoned)
Flanders	De Lijn (company) Antwerp trams Antwerp Pre-metro Ghent trams Coast Tram
Wallonia	Opérateur de transport de Wallonie (company) Métro Léger de Charleroi Liège trams
Brussels	STIB/MIVB (company) Brussels S Train (RER/GEN Brussels) Brussels Metro Brussels Premetro Brussels trams Brussels buses
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