The Belgian railway line 25 is the oldest railway line in Belgium. It connects the main two cities in Belgium: Brussels and Antwerp. The section between Brussels and Mechelen was completed in on May 5 1835 and was the first railroad in Belgium. On May 3 1836 the second section (between Mechelen and Antwerp) was first opened. It was extended to Luchtbal in the north of Antwerp in 2007 in order to shorten the route from Amsterdam to Brussels.
thumbnail
line length (μ)
48000.0
location
Belgium
opening year
1835-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
operated by
National Railway Company of Belgium
route end
Antwerp
route start
Brussels-North railway station
type of electrification
List of current systems for electric rail traction
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Belgian railway line 25"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
