Belgian railway line 49

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.

Belgian railway line 49
A level crossing at Busch in 2013, view towards Eupen
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Welkenraedt Eupen
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	Welkenraedt - Eupen: 1 March 1864 Eupen - Raeren: 3 August 1887
Closed	Eupen - Raeren
Technical
Line length	8.7 mi (14.0 km)
Number of tracks	single track Welkenraedt - Eupen: 1
Track gauge	4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	none
Operating speed	55 mph (89 km/h)
Route map line 37 from Liège-Guillemins and line 39 from Montzen / Botzelaer 0,0 Welkenraedt Herbesthal line 37 to Hergenrath grens A3 E40 HSL 3 from Chênée to Y Hammerbrücke 5,9 Eupen 7,9 Belgian railway line 49A Raeren-Rott Y Rott, slur to Y Periol broken up lijn 48 van Sankt-Vith 13.5 Raeren lijn 48 naar Aachen-Rote Erde / Stolberg Hbf

References

• This article is based on a translation of the equivalent page on the Dutch language Wikipedia.