Liège–Maastricht railway

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)

1. Maastricht railway station
2. Liège-Guillemins railway station
3. Maastricht Randwyck railway station
4. Maastricht
5. Hasselt-Maastricht railway
6. Liège Airport
7. Timeline of Maastricht
8. Eijsden railway station
9. List of railway lines in the Netherlands
10. Maastricht–Venlo railway
11. Liège
12. Hasselt railway station
13. List of railway lines in Belgium
14. Diepenbeek railway station
15. Hasselt – Maastricht tramway
16. Battle of Liège
17. Siege of Maastricht (1673)
18. Meuse
19. Belgian Railways Class 96
20. Hasselt