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Région de Bruxelles Capitale Sustainable Mobility

  • Approval date

    17 November 2023

  • Borrower

    Région de Bruxelles Capitale

  • Country

    Belgium

  • Loan size

    € 250 000 000

  • Line of action

    Promoting Inclusive and Resilient Living Environments

  • Status

    In progress

The Public sector Financing Facility (PFF) will partially finance the purchase of 94 electric buses, 90 tram trains and 43 metro trains, as well as the renewal of 63 km of the existing metro and tram networks, including related equipment and infrastructural ad hoc modifications, in an effort to improve service provision and to accelerate the greening of public transport.

Final beneficiaries: Residents and users of public transport in the Brussels-Capital Region, as well as inhabitants of surrounding localities, and in particular lower-income persons that tend to use more the public transport, and persons with disabilities, persons with strollers, and the elderly, that will benefit of enhanced accessibility.