SNCB

Belgian National Railways

In 2008 the NMBS/SNCB carried 207 million passengers[8] a total of 8,676 million passenger-kilometres over a network of 3,536 kilometres (of which 2,950 km are electrified, mainly at 3000 V DC and 351 km at 25 kV 50 Hz AC).

The network currently includes four high speed lines suitable for 300 km/h (190 mph) traffic: HSL 1 runs from just south of Brussels to the French border, where it continues to a triangular junction with LGV Nord for Paris Nord and Lille Flandres (and London beyond that), HSL 2 runs from Leuven to Ans and onward to Liège-Guillemins, HSL 3 runs from Liège to the German border near Aachen and HSL 4 connects with HSL-Zuid in the Netherlands to allow services to run from Antwerpen-Centraal to Rotterdam Centraal.

Diesel

1972 Class 51 Brussels 1973

June 1989

Class 51 Nr 5166 Brussels 1989

1984

Class 84 1984

Electric

June 1989 Class 16 Nr 1608 unknown location 1984

June 1989

AM86 EMU Essen 1989 June 1989 Class 23 Nr2302 Essen 1989

Antwerp & Brussels - December 2005

Class 21 No2134 Antwerp

AM75 EMU No812 Antwerp

AM80 EMU No301 Antwerp
Antwerp station interior Antwerp station platforms Class 21 No2104 Antwerp 
Class 27 and AM66 EMU Antwerp

Class 41 DMU No4140 Antwerp

Eurostar 3021 at Brussels
AM86 EMU Antwerp

AM96 EMU No532 Antwerp

Class 11 No1182 Antwerp

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