Belgian railway line 37
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleBelgium, Germany
Termini
Service
Operator(s)National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened1842-1843
Technical
Line length54 km (34 mi)
Number of tracksdouble track[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrificationsince 1966 3 kV DC
Operating speed140 km (87 mi)
Route map

km
0.0
Liège-Guillemins
River Meuse
2.9
Angleur
4.1
Chênée
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

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:

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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