Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 16/09/2022

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: 3 kV=, in Aachen Hbf switchable tracks 3 kV= and 15 kV/16.7 Hz~
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Train control system: [DE]: PZB, [BE]: Crocodile
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: High

Importance to countries concerned: High

Importance to TEN-T network: High

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): DB Regio, DB Fernverkehr [DE]; SNCB [BE]

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

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1843

Closure: -

Passenger services: 210 / 77 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 14 km

Average speed of cross border section: 60 km/h

Daily passenger flow: Not available

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