Belgian railway line 37

Belgian railway line 37
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Belgium, Germany
Termini Liège-Guillemins railway station
Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Operation
Opened 1842-1843
Operator(s) National Railway Company of Belgium
Technical
Line length 54 km (34 mi)
No. of tracks double track[1]
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3 kV DC
Route map
Legend
 Line from Brussels
from Tongeren
 0.0 Liège-Guillemins
Line to Namur
 River Meuse
to Seraing
Line to Maastricht
 2.9 Angleur
to Marloie and Luxembourg
 4.1 Chênée
HSL 3 to Aachen
11.2 Trooz
 14.0 Fraipont
 15.5 Nessonvaux
from Spa
 20.5 Pepinster
24.9 Verviers-Central
25.6 Verviers-Palais
 31.7 Dolhain-Gileppe
HSL 3 Aachen – Liège
freight line from Montzen
 38.1 Welkenraedt
to Eupen
HSL 3 from Liège
 44.5 Hergenrath
47.4
77.0
 Border Belgium / Germany
Line from Mönchengladbach
 70.2 Aachen Hbf
 Line to Cologne

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. 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:

References

  1. ↑ Technical network map - Infrabel
  2. ↑ http://www.belrail.be/F/infrastructure/lignes/037.html
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