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Belgian railway line 37

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Status
  
Operational

Opened
  
1842-1843

Number of tracks
  
double track

Locale
  
Belgium, Germany

Line length
  
54 km (34 mi)


Track gauge
  
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ⁄2 in) standard gauge

Operator
  
National Railway Company of Belgium

Terminis
  
Aachen Hauptbahnhof, Liège-Guillemins railway station

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. 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:

  • Liège-Guillemins: to Brussels, Namur, Maastricht and Hasselt
  • Verviers-Central: to Spa
  • Welkenraedt: to Eupen
  • Aachen Hbf: to Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf and Cologne

    • References

    Belgian railway line 37 Wikipedia
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