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. 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
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	1842-1843
Technical
Line length	54 km (34 mi)
Number of tracks	double track
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 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

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