Belgian railway line 15

Belgian railway line 15
Overview
System TBL1+
Status Operational
Locale Belgium
Termini Antwerpen-Berchem railway station
Hasselt railway station
Operation
Opened 1855-1925
Owner Infrabel
Operator(s) National Railway Company of Belgium
Technical
Line length 92 km (57 mi)
Number of tracks double track
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification 3 kV DC (Antwerp–Herentals)
and soon to be (from 2016) Herentals-Mol
Operating speed 120 km/h
Route map
Legend
 Line from Antwerpen-Centraal
 42.8 Antwerpen-Berchem
Line to Ghent
freight line to Lier
Line to Brussels
 39.8 Mortsel
39.4
0.0
 freight line from Antwerpen-Berchem
to Hove
 3.9 Boechout
from Kontich
 9.3 Lier
to Aarschot
12.8 Kessel
 16.3 Nijlen
 21.9 Bouwel
 24.1 Wolfstee
freight line
 Albert Canal
 28.0 Herentals
to Turnhout
 34.0 Olen
 40.1 Geel
 49.3 Mol
Line to Weert
54.0 Balen
 62.8 Leopoldsburg
 Beverlo
 74.6 Heusden
 78.0 Zolder
89.0
4
 from Genk
 Albert Canal
to Aarschot
 0.0 Hasselt
to Landen
 to Liège

The Belgian railway line 15 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Antwerp with Hasselt. It was opened between 1855 and 1925. The total length of the line between the Drabstraat junction (between Berchem and Mortsel) and the Zonhoven junction (north of Hasselt) is 92.1 km.[1] Line 15 is not the shortest or fastest connexion between Antwerp and Hasselt: the faster trains take the 14 km shorter route through Lier, Aarschot and Diest (lines 16 and 35).

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 15 are:

References

  1. ↑ www.belrail.be
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