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(Redirected from Belgian railway line 40) Railway line between Netherlands and Belgium
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+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationLiège–Gronsveld: 3 kV DC
Gronsveld–Maastricht: 1,5 kV DC
Route map

Legend
km
Belgian railway line 36 to Brussels
0.0 Liège-Guillemins
Belgian railway line 125 to Namur
River Meuse
to Seraing
1.5
0.0
 Belgian railway line 37 to Aachen
River Ourthe
4.9 Bressoux
17.7 Visé
to Tongeren–Aachen freight line
18.2
Belgium
Netherlands
border
19.8 Eijsden
27.2 Maastricht Randwyck
28.8 Maastricht
to Heerlen
Maastricht–Venlo railway to Roermond
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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.

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

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

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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