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BRUSSELS: A TRAMWAY REBORN 1945-2008

Written by Geoffrey Skelsey, Yves-Laurent Hansart
Published by Light Rail Transit Association in 2008
ISBN: 9780948106361

BRUSSELS: A TRAMWAY REBORN 1945-2008
Written by Geoffrey Skelsey, Yves-Laurent Hansart.
Stock no. 1828637
1st. 2008. Hardback. Large format. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Colour photos. B/w photos. ISBN: 9780948106361. Spine is lightly faded. Minor grubby marks to boards. Hinge pulled between title page and following page and repaired with clear tape with green ink smudge in the middle of the tape (horizontally). Light page edge browning. Printing smudge to margin of page 151. Map present.

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Front cover

Cover of BRUSSELS: A TRAMWAY REBORN 1945-2008 by Geoffrey Skelsey; Yves-Laurent Hansart

Contents

  • Authors' preface
  • 1. Introducing Brussels and its tramways
  • 2. Liberation and Recovery 1945-58
  • 3. Hope and despair: the Vicinal in Brussels 1945-1978
  • 4. 'Expo '58'
  • 5. Twilight or dawn? Through restructuring to the first Metro 1958-76
  • 6. Rolling Stock 1945-1979
  • 7. Rock bottom - and rescue 1977-2000
  • 8. Rolling stock 1978-2008
  • 9. A tramway reborn 2000-2008
  • Appendices