Belgian railway line 37

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.^[2] and another 6.8 km in Germany. It is the first and oldest cross-border railway line worldwide. Since 2009, high speed trains running between Brussels and Aachen use the HSL 3 instead of the line 37 between Chênée and Hergenrath.

Belgian railway line 37
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium, Germany
Termini	Liège-Guillemins Aachen Hauptbahnhof
Service
Services	Legend km Belgian railway line 36 to Brussels to Tongeren 0.0 Liège-Guillemins Belgian railway line 125 to Namur River Meuse to Seraing Liège–Maastricht railway 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 to Spa 20.5 Pepinster 24.9 Verviers-Central 25.6 Verviers-Palais 31.7 Dolhain-Gileppe HSL 3 freight line to Montzen 38.1 Welkenraedt to Eupen HSL 3 to Liège 44.5 Hergenrath 47.4 77.0 Belgium Germany border Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway to Mönchengladbach 70.2 Aachen Hauptbahnhof Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway to Cologne km This diagram: view talk edit
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	1842-1843
Technical
Line length	54 km (34 mi)
Number of tracks	double track[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	since 1966 3 kV DC
Operating speed	140 km (87 mi)
Route map Legend km Belgian railway line 36 to Brussels to Tongeren 0.0 Liège-Guillemins Belgian railway line 125 to Namur River Meuse to Seraing Liège–Maastricht railway 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 to Spa 20.5 Pepinster 24.9 Verviers-Central 25.6 Verviers-Palais 31.7 Dolhain-Gileppe HSL 3 freight line to Montzen 38.1 Welkenraedt to Eupen HSL 3 to Liège 44.5 Hergenrath 47.4 77.0 Belgium Germany border Aachen–Mönchengladbach railway to Mönchengladbach 70.2 Aachen Hauptbahnhof Cologne–Aachen high-speed railway to Cologne km This diagram: view talk edit

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

• Belgian railway line 37
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  Aachen Hauptbahnhof
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  Buschtunnel
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  Welkenraedt
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  Verviers Central
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  Pepinster
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  TGV on the Dolhain viaduct in 2007
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  Liège-Guillemins