Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport

The transport company Transport en Commun, abbreviated TEC (also Societe Regionale Wallonne du Transport ( SRWT ) ), is a Belgian public transport company. It operates the public transport system in Wallonia.

Development by sharing the Vicinal

The TEC was, as well as the person responsible for the Flemish De Lijn, under the Belgian regionalization in 1991 from the hitherto nationally operating governmental National Small Railroad Company ( SNCV / NMVB ), in addition to the continuing National Society of Belgian Railways (SNCB / NMBS) 's largest provider of passenger transport in Belgium was. TEC took over in the Walloon parts of the country, both the transport network, the employee as well as the car park of the predecessor company.

In the whole of Belgium, there are thus only three public transport companies, namely TEC in Wallonia, De Lijn in Flanders and STIB / STIB in Brussels.

City ​​traffic

Were also integrated the previously separate municipal transport companies in the cities Verviers, Liege and Charleroi. In addition to the otherwise pure bus operation, the TEC also operates the light rail Charleroi with 4 lines as the last remnant of the earlier extensive interurban tramway network of Vicinal. Also, the company operates the funicular in spa.

The bus fleet currently consists of over 1,500 private buses, plus more than 500 fixed under contract vehicles by private bus companies. TEC, thus promoting it at about 3.4 million inhabitants in the catchment area about 158 ​​million passengers a year. In the city and region Liege alone account for about 30 % of the vehicle fleet of the company, bringing approximately 100 million people are transported per year.

Cross- border bus services

The TEC operates in cooperation with the ASEAG the most important cross-border line 14 from Eupen to Aachen. Maastricht multiple connections to Germany and the Netherlands offered - Also, in the region of Aachen.

Sub-organizations

  • TEC Brabant Wallon - in the province of Walloon Brabant
  • TEC Liège- Verviers in the province of Liege
  • TEC Namur -Luxembourg in the provinces of Namur and Luxembourg
  • TEC Charleroi
  • TEC Hainaut in the province of Hainaut outside Charleroi
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