Verviers is a small city with (around 1880) about 80.000 inhabitants. It is situated on the river Vesdre. There was some wool processing industries in the city.

On 1 july 1884 two horse tram lines were opened in Verviers:

• One line from Renoupré (east of Verviers), via the city center to Ensival (west of Verviers).
• One line from the city center to Dison (north of Verviers).

On 24 september 1883 a company "Tramways Verviétois" was founded which asked for a consession to the city counsil. The both lines were opened in 1884.

Because of the hilly streets of Verviers the tram was replaced by an electric city tram in the year 1900 on 13 March. For these electric lines, see the page about the electric trams of Verviers.

In Verviers there were 26 closed carriages and 10 open carriages for the horse tram.

More information can be found:

• on the page of the Tramways Verviétois on Wikipedia.
• on the page of Verviers tram.