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
Class 51 Brussels 1973 | Class 51 Nr 5166 Brussels 1989 | Class 84 1984 |
Electric
Class 16 Nr 1608 unknown location 1984 | AM86 EMU Essen 1989 | Class 23 Nr2302 Essen 1989 |
Antwerp & Brussels - December 2005