#4882· Brusselse Tram 2000
Bombardier T2000
🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by ALSTOM Transportation Germany· from 1993· series of tram vehicles built for the Belgian city of Brussels
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. T2000 Louisa nieuwe kleuren: User:Willem_90· Public domain
what is it?
The Bombardier T2000, or Tram 2000, is a low-floor tram design developed for use on the Brussels tram system. The Brussels tram system has a fleet of 51 cars that were delivered from 1993 to 1995. They were the first low-floor designs used on the Brussels tram system.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 33 years ago, in 1993.
- Weighs about as much as 6 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 22.8 m long: about 5 cars parked nose to tail.
- Still in service after 33 years.
tram / light rail: Street-running or light-rail vehicles that share or skirt the road.
spec sheet
- built
- 1993
- in service from
- 1993
- status
- in service
- number built
- 51
- kind
- tram / light rail
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇧🇪 Belgium
- builders
- ALSTOM Transportation Germany
- operators
- Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
- top speed
- 70 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- electric system
- overhead lines
- wheel arrangement
- (A1)+Bo′+(1A)
- length
- 22.8 m
- weight
- 35.7 t
- Dutch name
- Brusselse Tram 2000
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q608381, Wikipedia: Bombardier T2000 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.