De Lijn (ex MIVG) 33 and 04 Gent - 4 Mar 1993

Thursday 4 March 1993 – MIVG, the municipal bus and tram system in the Belgian city of Gent had recently come under the control of De Lijn, the national bus and tram company of northern Belgium. Trams 33 and 04, still in Gent’s blue livery, were seen here at Pieters railway station. They were both built by La Brugeoise et Nivelles in 1971-1972. I had just returned from the city centre on car 04 and took this photograph not realising at the time that my inward journey had been on tram 33 a little earlier. The trips through some narrow streets were quite fascinating. Delivery vehicles were parked on the footpaths outside shops, some of them marginally overhanging the roadway but with sufficient gap for the tram to pass. However, one of the drivers did have to instruct some to move out of the way otherwise the tram would not have been able to pass
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MIVG – Maatschappij voor Intercommunaal Vervoer te Gent