Liège–Maastricht railway

The Liège–Maastricht railway (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
TerminiLiège-Guillemins railway station
Maastricht railway station
Operation
Opened1861
Operator(s)National Railway Company of Belgium
Technical
Line length29 km (18 mi)
Number of tracksdouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC
Route map
Legend
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Line from Brussels
0.0 Liège-Guillemins
Line to Namur
River Meuse
to Seraing
1.5
0.0
Line to Aachen
River Ourthe
4.9 Bressoux
17.7 Visé
to freight line TongerenAachen
18.2 Belgium / Netherlands
19.8 Eijsden
27.2 Maastricht Randwyck
28.8 Maastricht
to Heerlen
Line to Roermond

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 of 1500 V DC in the Netherlands, 3000 V DC in Belgium; the break of voltage occurs just to the North of the frontier, on Dutch territory.

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