Société Anonyme des Railways Economiques Liège – Seraing & Extensions
The Société Anonyme des Railways Economiques Liège-Seraing & Extensions ( RELSE ) was a Belgian railway company. It was founded by Édouard Louis Joseph Empain on July 21, 1881. Economic problems and the expiry of concessions led to the merger of TULE and RELSE in 1964 to form the Sociéte des Transports Intercommunaux de la Région Liégoise (STIL).
history
Rail transport
On August 13, 1897, she received the concession for the horse-drawn tram in Ghent . In 1905 she took over the Tram de Cointe (TCo) in Liège . This means that two lines with a total length of 28.5 kilometers in ten-minute intervals operated in the southern Meuse Valley.
The tram operation was modernized in 1933. The RELSE wagons drove through downtown Liège for the last time on March 27, 1967. On April 30, 1968 operations were closed.
trolleybus
In 1936, RELSE set up a trolleybus line from Seraing to Chatqueue following its tram line. The route length was 1.7 kilometers. Since there was a particularly large lack of space at the turning points, special two-way trolleybuses were used. The short tram line from Seraing to La Troque was replaced by a trolleybus line in 1936. A trolleybus line was also built between Flémalle and Engis.
In 1949 the two RELSE trolleybus lines were operated as a continuous, twelve-kilometer line, which was discontinued on August 31, 1963.
vehicles
In 1933 RELSE procured 21 four-axle railcars with 135 seats. These were in use until they were discontinued in 1968. The inventory included 24 sidecars , 24 two-axle railcars, six trolleybuses and ten smaller omnibuses . The car 45 and the two-way trolleybus 402 of the RELSE can be seen today in the Transport Museum Liège.
fusion
In 1964, the merger of Tramways Unifiés de Liége & Extensions (TULE) and RELSE resulted in the Société des Transports Intercommunaux de la Région Liégeois (STIL).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ M. Lambou: History of public transport from Liege