Hasselt – Maastricht tramway

The Hasselt – Maastricht tramway (Dutch: Sneltram Hasselt - Maastricht) is a proposed fast tram system linking Hasselt, Belgian province of Limburg and Maastricht, Dutch province of Limburg. The project is part of the Spartacusplan of Belgian Limburg, proposed by the Belgian transport company De Lijn, with the aim to improve the province's transport links. The tramway was originally proposed to open in 2017.[1].

Sneltram Hasselt - Maastricht

Overview
Locale	Province of Limburg, Belgium Maastricht, Province of Limburg, Netherlands
Transit type	fast tram / light rail
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	13
Website	trammaastrichthasselt.eu
Operation
Operator(s)	De Lijn
Technical
System length	± 30 km.

Because a bridge would need to be reconstructed, tram services are not going to reach Maastricht station in the first place, but instead terminate at Maastricht Mosae Forum.

The tramway will run on a combination of new and old (to be reactivated) railways, and will facilitate an easier connection in a northeasterly direction between Maastricht (incl. the overall southern part of the Dutch Limburg province) and Antwerp (via Hasselt), as current rail services from the Dutch province to Belgium are solely in the southerly direction of Liège-Guillemins (via Maastricht).