Belgian railway line 37

Belgian railway line 37
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium, Germany
Termini	Liège-Guillemins railway station Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Operation
Opened	1842-1843
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
Technical
Line length	54 km (34 mi)
No. of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map Legend Line from Brussels from Tongeren 0.0 Liège-Guillemins Line to Namur River Meuse x20px to Seraing Line to Maastricht 2.9 Angleur to Marloie and Luxembourg 4.1 Chênée HSL 3 to Aachen 11.2 Trooz 14.0 Fraipont 15.5 Nessonvaux from Spa 20.5 Pepinster 24.9 Verviers-Central 25.6 Verviers-Palais 31.7 Dolhain-Gileppe HSL 3 Aachen – Liège freight line from Montzen 38.1 Welkenraedt to Eupen HSL 3 from Liège 44.5 Hergenrath 47.4 77.0 Border Belgium / Germany Line from Mönchengladbach 70.2 Aachen Hbf Line to Cologne

The Belgian railway line 37 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Liège to Aachen in Germany. Completed in 1843, the line runs 47.4 km in Belgium. and another 6.8 km in Germany. Since 2009, high speed trains running between Brussels and Aachen use the HSL 3 instead of the line 37 between Chênée and Hergenrath.

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 37 are:

• Liège-Guillemins: to Brussels, Namur, Maastricht and Hasselt
• Verviers-Central: to Spa
• Welkenraedt: to Eupen
• Aachen Hbf: to Mönchengladbach, Düsseldorf and Cologne