Liège–Maastricht railway

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The Liège–Maastricht railway (line 40 in the Belgian numbering plan) is a railway line running from Liège in Belgium to Maastricht in the Netherlands. The line was opened in 1861.

Liège–Maastricht railway
Liège-Maastricht railway connection
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleThe Netherlands and Belgium
Termini
Service
Operator(s)National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened1861
Technical
Line length29 km (18 mi)
Number of tracksdouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationLiège–Gronsveld: 3 kV DC
Gronsveld–Maastricht: 1,5 kV DC
Route map

km
0.0
Liège-Guillemins
River Meuse
1.5
0.0
River Ourthe
4.9
Bressoux
17.7
Visé
to TongerenAachen freight line
18.2
19.8
Eijsden
27.2
Maastricht Randwyck
28.8
Maastricht

The line runs from the Dutch province of Limburg to the Belgian province of Liège. For a very small part, it runs through the Belgian province of Limburg (near the village of Moelingen).

Stations

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The main interchange stations on the Liège–Maastricht railway are:

Local stations are in Bressoux and Visé, Belgium, and in Eijsden and Randwyck on the Dutch side.

Electrification

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The line has overhead power at 1,500 V DC in the Netherlands and 3,000 V DC in Belgium; the break of voltage occurs just to the North of the frontier, on Dutch territory.

See also

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