Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company

Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB)
Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB)
Logo MIVB STIB
A grey tram with a logo on the side
A Cityrunner, STIB/MIVB's most recent tram
Overview
LocaleBrussels, Belgium
Transit typeTram, Bus and Metro
Annual ridership400.9 million (2017)[1]
Websitewww.stib-mivb.be
Operation
Began operation1954
A modern metro train at Herrmann-Debroux.

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.

History and operation

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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

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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]

References

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  1. ^ "STIB – Activity report". 2017.stib-activityreports.brussels.
  2. ^ "STIB - Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles". www.stib-mivb.be.
  3. ^ "Network Maps". STIB-MIVB. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  4. ^ "329 millions de voyages pour la Stib en 2011: +5,6 %". La Capitale.be. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Key figures". Stib.be. Retrieved 5 January 2014.
  6. ^ "Customers | STIB - Activity report 2021". 2021.stib-activityreports.brussels. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Light Rail Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Bus Rapid Transit Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  10. ^ "Passenger Rail Portfolio of Expertise (2017)" (PDF). Transdev. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Transdev Annual Report 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Who are we?". Transamo. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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