Border geo-coordinates: 50.722097, 3.196124 [Open on OpenStreetMap, OpenRailwayMap]
Status: Operational
#CrossBorderRail assessment: Active passenger line - visited by 🚆
Date(s) visited during #CrossBorderRail project: 14/11/2022
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]: 3kV=
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Train control system: Crocodile, TBL1+ on Belgian part
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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: North Sea - Mediterranean
European Commission Administrative Data
Infrastructure manager: SNCF Réseau [FR]; Infrabel [BE]
Language of operation: Dutch, 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: 1842
Closure: -
Passenger services: 210 / 175 / 0 / -
Length of cross border section: 4,5 km
Average speed of cross border section: 54 km/h
Daily passenger flow: Not available