Belgian railway line 36

Belgian railway line 36
A Thalys train on line 36 in 2006
Overview
Status Operational
Locale Belgium
Termini Brussels-North railway station
Liège-Guillemins railway station
Operation
Opened 1837-1866
Operator(s) National Railway Company of Belgium
Technical
Line length 100 km (62 mi)
Number of tracks double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3 kV DC
Route map

 Line from Brussels-South
 0.0 Brussels-North
Line from Namur
Line to Ghent
 2.4 Schaarbeek
Line to Antwerp
5.5 Haren-Zuid
Line Halle–Vilvoorde
 7.0 Diegem
 9.4 Zaventem
to Brussels Airport
12.0 Nossegem
 14.7 Kortenberg
 17.8 Erps-Kwerps
 21.1 Veltem
 24.0 Herent
to Aarschot
from Mechelen
from Aarschot
 28.8 Leuven
to Ottignies
HSL 2 to Liège
40.0 Vertrijk
 47.4 Tienen
 53.8 Ezemaal
 57.0 Neerwinden
 60.7 Landen
to Hasselt
74.5 Waremme
 77.2 Bleret
 79.8 Remicourt
 83.2 Momalle
 85.4 Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher
 87.8 Voroux-Goreux
freight line to Angleur
 89.9 Bierset-Awans
HSL 2 from Leuven
 93.4 Ans
from Tongeren
 99.9 Liège-Guillemins
Line to Namur
 River Meuse
to Seraing
Line to Maastricht
 Line to Aachen

The Belgian railway line 36 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Brussels to Liège. Completed in 1866, the line runs 99.3 km.[1] Trains running between Brussels and Aachen in Germany use the line as far as Liège, and then line 37 between Liège and the German border, the last stop in Belgium being Welkenraedt.[2]

The following stations are located on the line:

References

  1. ↑ "Ligne 36: Bruxelles-Nord - Liège-Guillemins". BelRail.be.
  2. ↑ "Ligne 37: Liège-Guillemins - Hergenrath - (D)". BelRail.be.
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