Border geo-coordinates: 50.328885, 3.908321 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]

Status: Operational

#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆

Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 14/06/2022

Core Data

Track gauge: 1435 mm
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Max speed: 100km/h
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Number of tracks: 2
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Electrification: [FR]: 25 kV/50 Hz~; [BE]: 3 kV=; station Quévy with switchable tracks
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Train control system: Crocodile
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European Commission Political Assessment

Importance to border region: Medium

Importance to countries concerned: Low

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): -; -

Ministry of transport: Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaire [FR]; FOD Mobiliteit en vervoer [BE]

European Commission Historical Data

Inauguration: 1857

Closure: 1957 (P)

Passenger services: 0 / 0 / 0 / -

Length of cross border section: 15 km

Average speed of cross border section: -

Daily passenger flow: -

Background

Photos from Maubeuge 🇫🇷 – Quévy 🇧🇪

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