Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway

Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway
A Benelux train at Kapellen in 2011
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Netherlands and Belgium
Termini	Antwerpen-Centraal railway station Lage Zwaluwe railway station
Operation
Opened	1854-1876
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium, Nederlandse Spoorwegen
Technical
Line length	64 km (40 mi)
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC (Antwerpen–Essen) 1.5 kV DC (Essen–Lage Zwaluwe)
Route map Legend Line from Rotterdam 0.0 Antwerpen-Centraal Line to Brussels 2.3 Antwerp-Oost 5.8 Antwerp-Dam Line from Antwerpen-Centraal Albert Canal 8.3 Antwerp-Luchtbal HSL 4 to Rotterdam 9.1 Antwerp-Noorderdokken 11.4 Ekeren freight line to Port of Antwerp 12.5 Sint-Mariaburg 15.0 Kapellen 21.0 Heide 22.7 Kijkuit 24.0 Kalmthout 28.1 Wildert 32.1 Essen 33.2 31.2 Belgium / Netherlands from Vlissingen 22.8 Roosendaal to Breda 15.6 Oudenbosch 7.5 Zevenbergen Line from Breda 0.0 Lage Zwaluwe Line to Rotterdam

The Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway (railway line 12 in the Belgian numbering plan) is an important international railway line running from Antwerp in Belgium to Lage Zwaluwe in the Netherlands. The line was opened between 1854 and 1876. The opening of the high speed lines HSL 4 and HSL-Zuid in 2009 has decreased its importance for international passenger traffic.

Stations

The main interchange stations on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway are:

• Antwerpen-Centraal railway station: to Brussels, Ghent, Herentals and Hasselt
• Roosendaal: to Vlissingen and Breda
• Lage Zwaluwe: to Dordrecht, Rotterdam and Breda

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