Liège–Maastricht railway
Railway line between Netherlands and Belgium
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The Liège–Maastricht railway (line 40 in the Belgian numbering plan) is a railway line running from Liège in Belgium to Maastricht in the Netherlands. The line was opened in 1861.
Stations
The main interchange stations on the Liège–Maastricht railway are:
- Liège: to Brussels, Aachen, Namur, Luxembourg and Hasselt
- Maastricht: to Heerlen, Roermond , Eindhoven, Amsterdam
Local stations are in Bressoux and Visé, Belgium, and in Eijsden and Randwyck on the Dutch side.
Electrification
The line has overhead power at 1,500 V DC in the Netherlands and 3,000 V DC in Belgium; the break of voltage occurs just to the North of the frontier, on Dutch territory.
See also
- Line 40 (Infrabel) (in French)
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