The Belgian railway line 130A is a railway line in Belgium connecting Charleroi with the French border near Erquelinnes. Completed in 1852 the line runs 29.3 km. It runs along the river Sambre crossing it several times. Beyond Erquelinnes a French railway line continues towards Jeumont Saint-Quentin and Paris. Until the opening of the Paris–Brussels–Cologne high-speed lines international passenger trains between Paris and Cologne traveled along line 130A.
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line length (μ)
29000.0
location
Belgium
opening year
1852-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operated by
National Railway Company of Belgium
route end
Erquelinnes
route start
Charleroi-South railway station
type of electrification
List of current systems for electric rail traction
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