De Lijn 5895 and 5886 at the garage in De Panne - 7 Aug 1996

Wednesday 7 August 1996 – De Panne (Belgium) is at the westernmost end of the De Lijn coastal tramway line and the garage there is the base for both buses and trams. This is the old garage which was located alongside the road named Loskaai and accessed from Koninklijke Baan. It was subsequently replaced with a new modern parking facility for the buses and trams adjacent to De Panne mainline railway station (about 3km south of the town centre and closer to Adinkerke than De Panne in reality). The original tramway service between De Panne and Adinkerke opened in 1932 but was replaced with buses in September 1954. De Lijn re-established a tramway link in July 1998 and, in addition to the new depot, the line also serves the railway station, a theme park and a park and ride site.

In this photograph there are a number of Van Hool built buses. The two on the left are DAF powered A120 models, 5895 (0333 P) new in February 1982 and 5886 (ETE 014) new in January. In the doorway were 2431 (HVB 001), an A600 new in November 1990 and 5884 (ETE 012), an A120 new in January 1982 still wearing an older version of the NMVB livery. The tramset is number 6021.