Belgian railway line 37

Belgian railway line 37
Belgian railway line 37
	A high-speed train on the Dolhain viaduct in 2007
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium, Germany
Termini	Liège-Guillemins railway station; Aachen Hauptbahnhof;
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	1842-1843
Technical
Line length	54 km (34 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
Route map
	Legend
	47.4
	77.0
	Belgium
	Germany
	Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway
	to Mönchengladbach
	Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway
	to Cologne
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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.^[2] 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

^ "Technical network map" (PDF). Infrabel. 9 December 2007.
^ "Ligne 37: Liège-Guillemins - Hergenrath - (D)". BelRail.be. 10 August 2007.

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[1] "Technical network map" (PDF). Infrabel. 9 December 2007.

[2] "Ligne 37: Liège-Guillemins - Hergenrath - (D)". BelRail.be. 10 August 2007.

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