Belgian railway line 125

Belgian railway line 125
A passenger train at Andenne station in 2010
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Liège-Guillemins railway station Namur railway station
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	1850-1851
Technical
Line length	60 km (37 mi)
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map Line from Brussels from Tongeren 0.0 Liège-Guillemins Lines to Maastricht, Aachen and Luxembourg 2.9 Sclessin 6.4 Pont-de-Seraing 7.3 Jemeppe-sur-Meuse 9.3 Flémalle-Grande 10.0 Leman 11.2 Flémalle-Haute 15.3 Engis 21.2 Haute-Flône 22.5 Amay 24.9 Ampsin 29.4 Huy freight line from Marchin 30.4 Statte freight line to Moha 32.7 Bas-Oha 40.3 Andenne 41.7 Château-de-Seilles 46.5 Sclaigneaux 48.8 Namêche 51.5 Marche-les-Dames Line from Luxembourg and Dinant 59.5 Namur Line to Brussels Line to Charleroi

The Belgian railway line 125 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Liège and Namur. Completed in 1851, the line runs 59.5 km. It runs along the northern (left) bank of the river Meuse.

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 125 are:

• Liège-Guillemins: to Brussels, Hasselt, Maastricht, Aachen, Marche-en-Famenne and Gouvy
• Namur: to Brussels, Luxembourg City, Dinant and Charleroi

Accidents and incidents

• On 3 July 2008, a passenger train was in a rear-end collision with a freight train at Huy, near Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse. Forty-two people were injured.
• On 5 June 2016, a passenger train was in a rear-end collision with a freight train at Hermalle-sous-Huy. Three people were killed and 36 were wounded, nine seriously.

Main article: Hermalle-sous-Huy train collision