| Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel (MIVB) | |
| Alt2: | A grey tram with a logo on the side |
| Imagesize2: | 250px |
| Locale: | Brussels, Belgium |
| Transit Type: | Tram, Bus and Metro |
| Annual Ridership: | 400.9 million (2017)[1] |
| Website: | www.stib-mivb.be |
| Began Operation: | 1954 |
The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (French: '''Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles''' or French: '''STIB'''|italic=yes; Dutch; Flemish: '''Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel''' or Dutch; Flemish: '''MIVB'''|italic=yes) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by the double acronym STIB/MIVB, or by its French acronym, STIB.
STIB/MIVB is responsible for the Brussels Metro, Brussels trams and Brussels buses, linking with the De Lijn network in Flanders and the TEC network in Wallonia.
Founded in 1954, STIB/MIVB operates 4 metro lines, 17 tram lines[2] and 55 bus lines, along with 11 "Noctis" bus lines (as of April 2023).[3] It covers the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region and some surface routes extend to the near suburbs in the other regions. 329 million trips were made in 2011, a 5.6% increase from the previous year.[4] Ridership has increased sharply in recent years to 370 million trips in 2015.[5] Peak ridership was attained in 2019 with 427.5 million journeys. During the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, ridership dropped below 250 million in 2020. Ridership is recovering slowly, with 273.8 million journeys in 2021 (64% of ridership recorded in 2019).[6]
In 1991, STIB/MIVB had a farebox recovery ratio of 28%.[7] In 2009, following annual increases of 1.56% in passenger journeys and 2.4% in direct revenue, fares covered 54.8% of operating costs.
STIB/MIVB is a shareholder of Transamo, a transport engineering and consultancy firm in Europe that specialises in the project management of public transport projects in France.[8] [9] [10] [11] Transdev is the other major shareholder of Transamo.[12]