The tram route 81 in Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium

Belgium

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 is a tram

Tram

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 route in the south of the city who connects the stop Marius Renard in the municipality of Anderlecht

Anderlecht

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 with the multimodal stop Montgomery station

Montgomery station (Brussels metro)

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 in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The route also crosses the municipalities of Saint-Gilles

Saint-Gilles

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, Ixelles, the City of Brussels

City of Brussels

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 and Etterbeek

Etterbeek

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. It has connections with metro stations in Saint-Guidon metro station, Brussels-South railway station (which also connects with the train), Merode station

Mérode station

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 (which is also a train station) and Montgomery station. The route also crosses the major tram routes 3

Brussels tram route 3

The Brussels premetro- and tramline 3 connects the stop Esplanade with the stop Churchill in Ukkel/Uccle. The line was temporarily disbanded, but returned in service on 30 June 2008...

 and 4

Brussels tram route 4

The tram route 4 in Brussels, Belgium is a tram route operated by the STIB/MIVB, which connects the Stalle car park in the southern municipality of Uccle to the Brussels-North railway station in the municipality of Schaerbeek. It was created on July 2, 2007 as a new route between the Esplanade and...

 at Horta.

The route was changed in the 2000s, with the former section between the Brussels-South railway station and the Heysel metro station

Heysel metro station

The Heysel Metro Station is one of the metro stations on line 6 of the Brussels Metro. It was opened on 5 July 1985 and serves the Heysel area, famous for the 1958 Brussels World Fair, the King Baudouin Stadium and the Atomium...

 being replaced by a section between the Brussels-South railway station and Marius Renard. The former route entered the North-South underground section right after Brussels-South at Lemonnier.

The tram 81 is pictured in the Porte de Hal metro station.