RAVeL network
RAVeL is the abbreviation for Réseau Autonome de Voies Lentes , meaning “independent network of slow paths”. This designation stands for a program in the Walloon Region of Belgium to make towpaths , disused railway lines and other car-free paths usable as a hiking , riding and cycling network . In the system of traffic planning, RAVeL forms a third road traffic network alongside - in official texts "after" - the RGG (motorways and expressways) and the RESI (roads for both motorized and non-motorized traffic).
So that the user groups addressed by the RAVeL do not interfere with each other, symbols on the individual route sections indicate which types of traffic are permitted in each case. The network of paths will be set up on disused towpaths on canals and rivers as well as on railway lines. These slow-moving routes are only accessible to pedestrians, cyclists, skaters, the disabled and horse riders. The maximum gradient is two percent. The RAVeL lines 1 to 5 in Wallonia are between 45 and 330 kilometers long. There are several good connections with the LF network of the Flemish-speaking part of the country. In the German-Belgian border area the route of the Vennbahn is used (RAVeL lines 48 and 47). These routes have been completed.
The first sections of the RAVel network were inaugurated in 1995. Several routes are currently being expanded step by step. The routes are called lignes . Many bear the line numbers of the disused railway lines on which they run.
If the paths were initially paved with natural materials (Pre'Ravel), in recent years they have been paved with asphalt, as can be seen, for example, on the various sections of line 47.
Currently existing RAVeL lines
- RAVeL 1: Canal du Center (Belgium) - Sambre - Maas or Armentières - Mons - Namur - Visé
- RAVeL 2: Mariembourg (to Couvin ) - Hoegaarden ( Flemish Brabant ) (116.4 km), includes line 156 in the south, then the Meuse valley above Namur, then line 142
- RAVeL 3: Erquelinnes - ( Sambre ) - Charleroi - Lembeek (to Halle ) (91.4 km)
- RAVeL 4: Pommeroeul (to Bernissart ) - Overboelare (to Geraardsbergen / East Flanders ) (52.9 km)
- RAVeL 5: Line 38, Hombourg-Vaux-sous-Chèvremont
- RAVeL L39 Gemmenich - Montzen - Welkenraedt
- RAVeL L39A Kelmis - Moresnet
- Pré-RAVeL L44a Sart - Spa (8 km)
- Pré-RAVeL L44a Sart - Hockai - Stavelot (16.5 km)
- RAVeL L45 Trois-Ponts - Weismes
- RAVeL L45a Vennquerbahn , Weywertz-Losheimergraben (border); from the border via Stadtkyll to Jünkerath on the railway line as the Kylltal cycle path
- RAVeL L46 Lommersweiler - Steinebrück
- RAVeL L47: Southern part of the Vennbahn between Sankt Vith and the tunnel near Lengeler ( Burg-Reuland )
- Pré-RAVeL L47a: Vielsalm – Born . Since February 2017, the Poteau section has been legally expanded.
- Ravel L48: Northern part of the Vennbahn between Aachen, Weismes and Sankt Vith
- RAVeL L69A Warneton - Comines
- RAVeL L81 et L78A Grandglise - Blaton - Bernissart
- RAVeL L86 Leuze - Basècles
- Pré-RAVeL L87 Lessines-Ronse
- RAVeL L88 Antoing - Bléharies
- L88A Tournai - Chercq
- RAVeL L92 (Voie Verte des Gueules Noires)
- RAVeL L98 Cuesmes - Flenu produits - Boussu-Bois - Hornu - RAVeL L98 Dour - Quievrain
- RAVeL L98A Dour - Angre
- RAVeL L98B Warquignies-Boussu
- RAVeL L98C Hornu - Frameries
- Liaison RAVeL L98A (Angre) - RAVeL L98 (Quiévrain)
- L106 Ronquières - Ecaussines
- RAVeL L108 Binche - Fauroeulx - Erquelinnes
- RAVeL L109 Stree - Biesme-sous-Thuin - Thuin - Froidchapelle - Stree - Robechies (Chimay) - Saint-Remy - Lobbes
- RAVeL L111 Thuillies - Thy-le-château
- RAVeL L114 Soignies - Naast
- Ravel L112 Fontaine-L'Evêque - Monceau-sur-Sambre
- RAVeL L112A Trazegnies - Courcelles
- L123 Braine-le-Comte - Rognon
- RAVeL L126 Condroz (Ciney - Petit-Avin) - Marchin
- RAVeL L127 bug - Hannut
- L131 Frasnes-les-Gosselies - Rêves
- Pré-RAVeL L136 St-Aubin
- RAVeL L138 Acoz - Gerpinnes
- RAVeL L141 Arquennes - Seneffe, Arquennes - Nivelles - Genappe - Court-Saint-Etienne
- RAVeL L147 Ramillies - Racour, Perwez - Ramillies, Ligny - Grand-Leez
- RAVeL L150 Houyet - Jemelle, La Molignee (Anhée - Maredret)
- RAVeL L155 Croix-Rouge - Lamorteau
- RAVeL L163 Bastogne South - Bourcy - Gouvy
- L163A Bertrix Muno l'ermitage
- RAVeL L164 Bastogne - Wiltz (L)
- RAVeL L212 Jemeppe-sur-Meuse - Glain
- RAVeL L266 Courcelles - Souvret (Puits Perrier)
- Pré-RAVeL L422 Péronnes-lez-Binche - La Louvière
- Pre-RAVeL L427 Neufvilles-Gare - Neufvilles-center
- RAVeL L451 Olloy-sur-Viroin - Oignies-en-Thiérache
- Pré-RAVeL L516 Wanfercée-Baulet - Keumiée
- Pre-RAVeL L517 couvin
- RAVeL L518 Redu - Daverdisse
- Pré-RAVeL L619 Lierneux - Hébronval
- L625 Florenville - Jamoigne
- L719 Mortroux-Saint-Remy
- RAVeL-Pré Braine-le-Comte
- RAVeL Canal de l'Espierres
- RAVeL Canal Ieper - Comines
- RAVeL Tour du Lac du Ry de Rome
- Bois de Colfontaine, bois de Sars-la-Bruyère et bois de Blaugies
- Preuswald / Dreiländereck - Moresnet
- Weser dam
- Gileppe Dam
- La descente infernale
- La Haine canalisée
- Liaison RAVeL 2 - Voie verte Trans-Ardennes
- Liaison RAVeL L31 (Liers) - RAVeL 1 Est (Liège pont de l'Atlas)
- Liaison RAVeL L109 - Lac du Val Joly
- Liaison RAVeL Lacs de l'eau d'Heure - L111
- Liaison Visé (RAVeL1) - Saint-Remy
- Nicolas Donnay promenade
- RAVeL Marche - Hotton
- Momignies: Bois de Macon - Notre Dame des Affligés promenade
- Momignies: Bois des Hayettes et bois de Macon: promenade des Hayettes
- Pre-RAVeL Baudour
- PICVert Au fil de la Senne (Ecaussinnes - Tubize)
- RV2 Houdemont - Javinque
- RV3 Soignies - Mons
- RV6 (Rando-vélo) Soignies - Vaudignies
- RV6 (Rando-vélo) Soignies - Vaudignies
- RV6 Lille - Tournai
- stroll des poiriers
- You côté de Mons
- Du côté de Mons: La Trouille
- South-Est de Mons
- Châteaux Seneffe - Feluy
- Le Tournaisis
- Line 108: Binche - Erquelines
- Line 109/1 Fauroeulx (to Estinnes ) (line 108) - Lobbes (Sambre, line 3)
- Line 109/2 Thuin (Sambre) - Chimay
- Line 127: Landen (Belgium) - Fumal
- Line 150 A: Anhée ( Maas ) - Fosses-la-Ville
- Line 147 Sombreffe - Gembloux - Waasmont (to Landen / Flemish Brabant)
- Line 613: Houffalize - Bourcy (to Bastogne ), there connection to line 163
In the long term, the RAVeL network is to be expanded to 2,000 to 3,000 kilometers.
Individual evidence
http://www.velo-ravel.net/cartes_google.html
http://www.velo-ravel.net/All_carte6.html
- ↑ All routes in Wallonia and Flanders , last updated on June 15, 2012
Web links
- Official characterization of the RAVeL (French)
- Overview of the RAVEL lines in Wallonia (as of January 2016)