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Encyclopedia > ASVi museum

The ASVi is a tramway museum in Thuin in Belgium, which specialises in the history of the Belgian narrow gauge Vicinal system. The museum includes an operating museum tram line which runs from Thuin to Lobbes. Thuin is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. ... Narrow-gauge railways are railroads (railways) with track spaced at less than the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 in (1. ... The Vicinal or Buurtspoor were a system of narrow gauge tramways or local railways in Belgium, which covered the whole country and had a greater route length than the mainline railway system. ... Lobbes is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. ...


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Belgium:trams (790 words)
An additional batch of trams was transferred from Schepdael in 1992, further increasing the number of trams to protect against bad weather.
The first serious step towards a museum could be taken only in 1993 with the conversion to meter gauge of remaining railway tracks of Thuin (Ouest).
The museum is open, every Sunday and public holidays from 11:00 to 18:00, from Paast (Pâques) until the end of October; Saturday and Sunday in July and August.
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