De Lijn garage at Heist-op-den-Berg - 1 Feb 1993

Monday 1 February 1993 (approx. 1200) – Two DAF powered Van Hool integrals standing inside the De Lijn garage at Heist-op-den-Berg. Left is 4783 (0215 P), an AI119/2 model new in October 1976 and right is 5638 (1973 P), an A120/031 new in February 1981.

The temperature was just around freezing when I called at the garage. I believe the property had its origins with De Lijn’s predecessor NMVB (Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen). It stands beside the mainline railway in Halfstraat. The brick building remains today.

The national bus and tram company of Belgium was formally titled Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen (NMVB) in Flemish and Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux (SNCV) in French.