Border geo-coordinates: 50.617979, 3.263441 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]
Status: Operational
#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆
Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 26/10/2022
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: [FR]: 25 kV/50 Hz~; [BE]: 3 kV=
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Train control system: Crocodile
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European Commission Political Assessment
Importance to border region: High
Importance to countries concerned: High
Importance to TEN-T network: Low
TEN-T corridor: Comprehensive Network
European Commission Administrative Data
Infrastructure manager: SNCF Réseau [FR]; Infrabel [BE]
Language of operation: French
Competent authorities for PSO passenger services: Région Hauts-de-France [FR]; FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer [BE]
Railway undertaking(s): SNCF [FR]; SNCB [BE]
Ministry of transport: Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire [FR]; FOD Mobiliteit en vervoer [BE]
European Commission Historical Data
Inauguration: 1865
Closure: -
Passenger services: 224 / 238 / 0 / -
Length of cross border section: 9 km
Average speed of cross border section: 68 km/h
Daily passenger flow: Not available