Brussels MIVB/STIB adapts 440 bus stops for the disabled

The Brussels public transport company MIVB/STIB has already made more than 440 bus and streetcar stops wheelchair accessible. Many metro stations have also been adapted for persons with reduced mobility.

In 2025, about half of the 2,223 above-ground pre-metro stations and bus stops have been made more accessible to persons with reduced mobility, subject to the assistance of an MIVB/STIB employee. One in five stations is fully autonomously accessible for wheelchair users and people with reduced mobility.

From small to significant adjustments

Sometimes, this involves elevating the platform or installing rounded curbs. Other times, it involves removing bollards or installing studded tiles or platform edges at streetcar stops. Sometimes, the entire station is also redesigned.

Real challenge

Many stops will also have to become more accessible in the future. As a priority, MIVB/STIB wants to focus on making bus stops near hospitals, shopping centers, schools, or town halls more accessible.

“Making the network accessible to all travelers, including people with reduced mobility, is one of the missions of MIVB/STIB,” explains CEO Brieuc de Meeûs. “This is a real challenge when you know that, at the time, Brussels and its public transport were not designed for people with reduced mobility. Thanks to the Accessibility Strategic Plan, we are improving the accessibility of 50 overhead stops per year.”

In other words, if work continues at this pace, all bus and streetcar stops should be adapted by 2037.

The transport company has also set up an information system for wheelchair users or travelers with mobility problems. Anyone can check which stops are accessible and to what extent at the stops, on the MIVB/STIB website and in its app.