Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway

Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway
A Benelux train at Kapellen in 2011
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Netherlands and Belgium
Termini	Antwerpen-Centraal railway station Lage Zwaluwe railway station
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
History
Opened	1854-1876
Technical
Line length	64 km (40 mi)
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC (Antwerpen–Essen) 1.5 kV DC (Essen–Lage Zwaluwe)
Route map km Belgian railway line 25 to Brussels 0.0 Antwerpen-Centraal 2.3 Antwerpen-Oost 5.8 Antwerpen-Dam Belgian railway line 25 Albert Canal 8.3 Antwerp-Luchtbal HSL 4 to Rotterdam 00.0 09.1 Antwerp-Noorderdokken 11.4 Ekeren freight line to Port of Antwerp 12.5 Sint-Mariaburg 15.0 Kapellen 21.0 Heide 22.7 Kijkuit 24.0 Kalmthout 28.1 Wildert 32.1 Essen 33.2 31.2 Belgium Netherlands border toVlissingen 22.8 Roosendaal to Breda 15.6 Oudenbosch 7.5 Zevenbergen Breda–Rotterdam railway to Breda 0.0 Lage Zwaluwe Breda–Rotterdam railway to Rotterdam

The Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway (railway line 12 in the Belgian numbering plan) is an international railway line running from Antwerp in Belgium to Lage Zwaluwe in the Netherlands. The line was opened between 1854 and 1876. The opening of the high speed lines HSL 4 and HSL-Zuid in 2009 has decreased its importance for international passenger traffic. there is still a local international NMBS S32 train from Roosendaal to Puurs via Antwerp central once an hour along with a few other Belgian domestic IC/ and a second hourly S32 but only as far as Essen station.

Stations

The main interchange stations on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway are:

• Antwerpen-Centraal railway station: to Brussels, Ghent, Herentals and Hasselt
• Roosendaal: to Vlissingen and Breda
• Lage Zwaluwe: to Dordrecht, Rotterdam and Breda