Belgian railway line 37

Line from Liège, Belgium to Aachen, Germany
4 ft 8+12 in) standard gaugeElectrificationsince 1966 3 kV DCOperating speed140 km (87 mi)
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Legend
km
Belgian railway line 36 to Brussels
to Tongeren
0.0
Liège-Guillemins
Belgian railway line 125 to Namur
River Meuse
to Seraing
2.9
Angleur
to Marloie and Luxembourg
4.1
Chênée
HSL 3 to Aachen
11.2
Trooz
14.0
Fraipont
15.5
Nessonvaux
to Spa
20.5
Pepinster
24.9
Verviers-Central
25.6
Verviers-Palais
31.7
Dolhain-Gileppe
freight line to Montzen
38.1
Welkenraedt
44.5
Hergenrath
47.4
77.0
70.2
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
km
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The Belgian railway line 37 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Liège to Aachen in Germany. Completed in 1843, the line runs 47.4 km in Belgium.[2] and another 6.8 km in Germany. It is the first and oldest cross-border railway line worldwide. Since 2009, high speed trains running between Brussels and Aachen use the HSL 3 instead of the line 37 between Chênée and Hergenrath.

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 37 are:

  • Belgian railway line 37
  • Aachen Hauptbahnhof
    Aachen Hauptbahnhof
  • Buschtunnel
    Buschtunnel
  • Welkenraedt
    Welkenraedt
  • Verviers Central
    Verviers Central
  • Pepinster
    Pepinster
  • TGV on the Dolhain viaduct in 2007
    TGV on the Dolhain viaduct in 2007
  • Liège-Guillemins
    Liège-Guillemins

References

  1. ^ "Technical network map" (PDF). Infrabel. 9 December 2007.
  2. ^ "Ligne 37: Liège-Guillemins - Hergenrath - (D)". BelRail.be. 10 August 2007.


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