Belgian railway line 49

Belgian railway line 49
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Welkenraedt Eupen
Operation
Opened	Welkenraedt - Eupen: 1 March 1864 Eupen - Raeren: 3 August 1887
Closed	Eupen - Raeren
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
Technical
Line length	8,7 mi
Number of tracks	single track Welkenraedt - Eupen: 1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	none
Operating speed	55 mph
Route map Legend Legend line 37 from Liège-Guillemins and line 39 from Montzen / Botzelaer 0,0 Welkenraedt Herbesthal line 37 to Hergenrathgrens A3E40 HSL 3 from Chênée to Y Hammerbrücke 5,9 Eupen 7,9 Belgian railway line 49A Raeren-Rott Y Rott, slur to Y Periolbroken up lijn 48 van Sankt-Vith 13.5 Raeren lijn 48 naar Aachen-Rote Erde / Stolberg Hbf |}

Belgian railway line 49 connects Welkenraedt with Eupen. The line is approx. 8,7 miles long. In its early days the line also connected to Raeren.^[1]

References

1. nl:Spoorlijn 49