People’s Mobility

Those who were wealthy could afford a horse and carriage or travelled by stagecoach. | These travelled at only 3 to 4 km per hour, but were very punctual. | As from the sixteenth century tow barges, pulled by a horse from the tow path, were used as the first form of public transport. | Long ago, long before Belgium had a railway, people's mobility depended on the power of their own two feet. | Until the invention of the iron track, this was the most comfortable and reliable form of transport between towns and villages located along waterways.