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Public transport in Belgium

Belgium: 10 public transport operators, 250.5M km of scheduled service a year, 1,000 major stations and 271 tender notices — per region and operator.

Operators
10
Vehicle-km / year
≈ 250.5M km
Vehicles (peak)
≈ 2,335
Trips / week
165.8K
Stations*
1,000
Tender notices
271
Open procedures
182
Value (€)
€480.6M
Vehicle-km per inhabitant
≈ 21.1 km
Rank 23 of 25

Estimates from the scheduled timetables (one representative week per feed). *Stations with a page of their own. Methodology →

Belgium over time

13 snapshots · Dec 2024 – Oct 2026

250.5M km ↓ −38% since Dec 2024
212.5M km425M kmDec 2024Oct 20262026

Vehicle-km over 12 months: −41% since Dec 2025. All countries →

The largest operators

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Vehicle-km / year

  1. 1 NMBS/SNCB 108.2M km
  2. 2 TEC Liège - Verviers 36.3M km
  3. 3 TEC Namur - Luxembourg 26.6M km
  4. 4 De Lijn 24M km
  5. 5 TEC Hainaut 15.8M km
  6. 6 TEC Charleroi 14.7M km
  7. 7 TEC Brabant Wallon 12.6M km
  8. 8 Eurostar 10.6M km

Share of vehicle-km

84% Top 5 operators
NMBS/SNCB 108.2M km 43% TEC Liège - Verviers 36.3M km 14% TEC Namur - Luxembourg 26.6M km 11% De Lijn 24M km 9.6% TEC Hainaut 15.8M km 6.3%

Routes by mode

3,588 routes

Regions

NUTS-3 regions by the service run inside them.

  1. Arr. Liège Operators 7 33M km
  2. Arr. Charleroi Operators 6 19M km
  3. Arr. Antwerpen Operators 7 18.1M km
  4. Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Operators 8 15.2M km
  5. Arr. Nivelles Operators 5 13M km
  6. Arr. Namur Operators 5 13M km
  7. Arr. Leuven Operators 5 9.6M km
  8. Arr. Hasselt Operators 3 8.7M km
  9. Arr. Verviers — communes francophones Operators 7 7.9M km
  10. Arr. Mons Operators 4 7.8M km
  11. Arr. Tournai-Mouscron Operators 6 6.4M km
  12. Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde Operators 5 6.2M km
  13. Arr. Turnhout Operators 4 5M km
  14. Arr. Brugge Operators 4 4.6M km
  15. Bezirk Verviers — Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft Operators 9 4.6M km
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Busiest stations

By scheduled departures per day.

  1. LIEGE Cadran 1,013 departures/day
  2. Bruxelles-Midi 1,009 departures/day
  3. LIEGE Hocheporte 964 departures/day
  4. Bruxelles-Nord 955 departures/day
  5. Bruxelles-Central 944 departures/day
  6. NAMUR Rue du Premier Lanciers 818 departures/day
  7. LIEGE Pont de Longdoz 798 departures/day
  8. Anvers-Berchem 717 departures/day
  9. LIEGE Eglise St-Pholien 705 departures/day
  10. NAMUR Square Arthur Masson 698 departures/day
  11. LIEGE Médiacité 683 departures/day
  12. LIEGE Rue Libotte 683 departures/day
  13. VERVIERS Hôtel de Ville 644 departures/day
  14. CHARLEROI Parc (M) 601 departures/day
  15. LIEGE Place Général Leman 599 departures/day

Tender market

Tenders in Belgium → On the map →

By stage

271 Tender notices

By service type

  1. Other 131
  2. School transport 50
  3. Demand-responsive 45
  4. Vehicle hire with driver 18
  5. Scheduled public transport 13
  6. Rail 9
  7. Taxi 5

Most active contracting authorities

  1. 1 Gemeente Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht 11
  2. 2 Brussels Airport Company nv 9
  3. 3 Commission communautaire française 8
  4. 4 VZW Secundair Onderwijs Sint-Quintinus 8
  5. 5 Commission européenne, OIB - Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels 7
  6. 6 Infrabel sa 7
  7. 7 Stad Dilsen-Stokkem 6
  8. 8 DVC de Triangel vzw 6
  9. 9 FEDASIL_Agence fédérale pour l'accueil des demandeurs d'asile 6
  10. 10 SCOOP 5
  11. 11 Province de Liège 5
  12. 12 Secrétariat général du Conseil de l'Union européenne 5

How we calculate
Operators Unit: operators · counted
Transport companies as their timetable names them (GTFS agency). The same operator in several feeds is counted once; in Germany the company that actually runs each line. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km / year Unit: km per year · estimate
For every trip: route length (along the published route shape; without one, the straight line between its stops × 1.25) × the days it runs in the representative week, × 365.25 / 7. Only scheduled service — no empty or depot runs, no demand-responsive services. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicles (peak) Unit: vehicles · estimate
The highest number of trips running at the same moment in the representative week — a lower bound: reserve and workshop vehicles are not included. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Trips / week Unit: trips per week · counted
All scheduled trips in the representative week; trips given as a frequency (every 10 minutes) are expanded into single trips. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Stations* Unit: stations · counted
Stations with a page of their own: at least 250 scheduled departures a day, or among a country's busiest 1,000 with at least 30. Capped per country, so not comparable between countries. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed
Vehicle-km per inhabitant Unit: km per inhabitant and year · estimate
Vehicle-km per year of all operators in the country ÷ its population. Only countries whose timetables cover the whole country; the figure for all countries together is their vehicle-km ÷ their population. Source: published GTFS timetables, one representative week per feed; Eurostat, population on 1 January 2025
Tender notices Unit: notices · counted
Every published notice counts once: prior information, call for tenders or award notice. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Open procedures Unit: notices · as published
Prior information notices and calls for tenders — notices that do not announce an award. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal
Value (€) Unit: € · as published
Sum of the contract values stated in the notices, in euro only; other currencies are neither converted nor added. Many notices state no value, so the sum is a lower bound. Source: TED (EU Official Journal) since 06/2024 and the German national portal

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