Angleur – Marloie railway line

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Angleur-Marloie
Line of the Angleur – Marloie railway line
Route number : L 43
Course book section (DB) : L 43
Route length: 62 km
Gauge : 1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend
Route - straight ahead
 from Liège
Station, station
 0.0 Angler
   
 to Verviers / Aachen
   
 1.2 Streupas
   
 2.7 Sauheid
   
 4.7 Calonster
   
 5.3 Sainval
Station, station
 6.9 Tilff
Stop, stop
 10.2 Méry
Stop, stop
 11.6 Hony
Station, station
 12.6 Esneux
   
 14.2 Souverein Pré
Station, station
 16.3 Poulseur
   
 18.0 Chanxhe
Station, station
 19.6 Rivage Marchandises
Station, station
 20.1 Rivage
   
 to Trois Ponts
   
 21.0 Comblain au Pont
Station, station
 23.4 Comblain la Tour
Station, station
 29.4 Hamoir
Stop, stop
 33.4 Sy
Station, station
 37.1 Bomal
Station, station
 40.4 Barvaux
   
 44.2 Biron
Station, station
 49.9 Melreux Hotton
   
 54.0 Marenne
Station, station
 58.7 Marche en Famenne
   
 from Namur
Station, station
 62.0 Marloie
Route - straight ahead
 to Jemelle / Luxembourg

The Angleur – Marloie railway line (Spoorlijn 43) is a 62-kilometer electrified railway line in Wallonia and connects the Liège agglomeration with the Ardennes. Between Angleur and Rivage, it is part of the international Liège – Luxembourg route.

Route description

The starting point for the route is Angleur station on the Liège – Aachen line . The route crosses the scenic Ardennes . In Rivage, the Rivage – Trois Ponts line branches off the Angleur – Marloie line and continues to Luxembourg. In Marloie the line meets the Namur – Luxembourg railway line .

Buildings

tunnel

  • Esneux tunnel: 612 m
  • Comblain-au-Pont tunnel: 393 m
  • Sy tunnel: 404 m

Operation and history

The line was opened on the Marloie – Melreux Hotton section on July 25, 1865, and on August 1, 1866 on the Melreux Hotton – Angleur section.

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