Border geo-coordinates: 50.753425, 6.021343 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active line, no passenger service - visited by 🚲

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 08/05/2023

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: km/h
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Number of tracks: 2
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Electrification: [DE]: 15 kV/16.7 Hz; [BE]: 3 kV=
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Train control system: [BE]: Crocodile, [DE]: PZB
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Low

Importance to countries concerned: Medium

Importance to TEN-T network: Low

TEN-T corridor: North Sea - Baltic, Rhine - Alpine

European Commission Administrative Data

Infrastructure manager: DB Netz AG [DE]; Infrabel [BE]

Language of operation: German/French

Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: ZV NVR [DE]; FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer [BE]

Railway undertaking(s): -; -

Ministry of transport: BMVI [DE]; FOD Mobiliteit en vervoer [BE]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1917

Closure: -

Passenger services: 0 / 0 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 12 km

Average speed of cross border section: -

Daily passenger flow: -

Background

Photos from Aachen 🇩🇪 – Montzen 🇧🇪

There are no photos of this border on Flickr from the #CrossBorderRail project. Please see the main description above.