Athus – Libramont railway line

Athus-Libramont
Route number :	165
Route length:	81.3 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Power system :	25 kV 50 Hz  ~
Top speed:	Athus – Virton: 70 km / h Virton – Libramont: 90 km / h
Legend after Autelbas 69.1 Athus Rodange Internal EU border Belgium - Luxembourg 67.1 from and to Esch Connection curve to Mont-Saint-Martin 66.2 Aubange 61.6 Halanzy Musson Baranzy Signeulx Saint-Remy Ruette Latour Chenois by Marbehan 45.0 Virton to Ecouviez Houdrigny Meix-devant-Virton La Hage La Hage tunnel (172 m) 29.8 Saint Vincent Bellefontaine Jamoigne Izel Pin code 20.2 Florenville Lacuisine Les Epioux Straimont Saint Médard Bertrix – Carignan railway line Orgeo by Carignan 0.0 12.2 Bertrix to Dinant Neuvillers Recogne from Namur 0.0 Libramont to St Vith to Luxembourg

The Athus – Libramont railway is a main line in the Ardennes in Belgium . The approximately 80 km long double-track line connects Athus via Virton and Bertrix with Libramont . Except for the area around Libramont station that is electrified with 3 kV , the line is completely electrified with 25 kV 50 Hz alternating current.

history

The route was opened in four sections between 1877 and 1882 starting from Athus:

• Athus – Signeulx on January 20, 1877
• Signeulx – Florenville on March 26, 1879
• Florenville – Bertrix on December 20, 1880
• Bertrix – Libramont on August 21, 1882

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It was planned to equip the Athus – Bertrix section with ETCS by 2015 .

business

On the entire route from Arlon via Athus, Virton and Betrix to Libramont, an L- train runs every two hours during the week . At the weekend only the section between Virton and Libramont is served, the rest is without passenger traffic. The Libramont – Dinant L train, which also runs every two hours, runs hourly between Libramont and Bertrix. Electric multiple units of the Desiro Mainline type are used on both lines . Class 41 diesel multiple units operated on this line until the timetable change in December 2012 and also served Rodange , Luxembourg, where they turned heads .

Web links

Commons : Libramont – Athus railway line  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Technical network map p.104 In: infrabel.be . (PDF; 2.1 MB)
2. ↑ Map S104-0 ( Memento of March 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF document; 1.8 MB)
3. ↑ Network Statement 2011 & 2012 - Annex C.7 (PDF file)
4. ↑ beluxtrains.net , query from June 28, 2013.