..ooo MobileVikings 6:46 PM 25%) bb.uhasselt.be 1 of 2 Case study: Spartacus On June 30, 2008, the Flemish and Dutoh ministers of Traffic agreed upon investing in the trameay Hasselt-Maastricht. This proped is part of the-called Seartacus plan, created by Dr , and the NMBS 0 promote the use of public transport in Belgian Limburg and involves the reopening of old railway tracks and the construction of new tray and express bus tracks. The tramway Hasselt-Maastricht is a historical event for parties involved in both Belgian and Dutch Limburg. From Hasse tramway 1 wil cross the border to Maastricht (the Netherlands) via Diepenbeek, Bitzen and Lanaken. The 33-klometre-long tramway track consists of 13 stops, of which 10 are located in Flanders (over 27 klometres: 19 kilometres in rural area and 8 klometres in uban area, and 3 Maastricht Cever 6 kilometres). This new tramway reduces travel time by approximately 50% using the bus, people traveled 1.5 hours from Hasselt to Maastricht, while using the new tramway only takes 35 minutes to commute between these two cities The tramway Hassek-Maastricht should provide a sustainable cross-border connection between Maastricht and Hasset and the surrounding area. In Maastricht, the tramway links up with the express connections to Aken and Luik, making bravelling in the Euroregion more atractive. On both sides of the border, tourism and employment will benefit from these opportunities Work activeies on the tramway should have started in 2014, though were delayed until 2015, and the opening was initially set for 2017 Since 2015, however, discussions have arisen between the Flemish and Dutch government regarding the location of the track and the realisation of the tramway project. The construction of the bramway track is also controversial in Flanders because of the high cests invelved Cost-benen analysis C3523-2 Master of Business and lformation Systems Dpeervu, master of ..ooo MobileVikings 6:46 PM 25%) bb.uhasselt.be 1 of 2 Case study: Spartacus On June 30, 2008, the Flemish and Dutoh ministers of Traffic agreed upon investing in the trameay Hasselt-Maastricht. This proped is part of the-called Seartacus plan, created by Dr , and the NMBS 0 promote the use of public transport in Belgian Limburg and involves the reopening of old railway tracks and the construction of new tray and express bus tracks. The tramway Hasselt-Maastricht is a historical event for parties involved in both Belgian and Dutch Limburg. From Hasse tramway 1 wil cross the border to Maastricht (the Netherlands) via Diepenbeek, Bitzen and Lanaken. The 33-klometre-long tramway track consists of 13 stops, of which 10 are located in Flanders (over 27 klometres: 19 kilometres in rural area and 8 klometres in uban area, and 3 Maastricht Cever 6 kilometres). This new tramway reduces travel time by approximately 50% using the bus, people traveled 1.5 hours from Hasselt to Maastricht, while using the new tramway only takes 35 minutes to commute between these two cities The tramway Hassek-Maastricht should provide a sustainable cross-border connection between Maastricht and Hasset and the surrounding area. In Maastricht, the tramway links up with the express connections to Aken and Luik, making bravelling in the Euroregion more atractive. On both sides of the border, tourism and employment will benefit from these opportunities Work activeies on the tramway should have started in 2014, though were delayed until 2015, and the opening was initially set for 2017 Since 2015, however, discussions have arisen between the Flemish and Dutch government regarding the location of the track and the realisation of the tramway project. The construction of the bramway track is also controversial in Flanders because of the high cests invelved Cost-benen analysis C3523-2 Master of Business and lformation Systems Dpeervu, master of