Belgian railway line 130A | |
Status: | Operational |
Locale: | Belgium |
Start: | Charleroi-Sud railway station |
Open: | 1852 |
Operator: | National Railway Company of Belgium |
Linelength: | 29km (18miles) |
Map State: | collapsed |
The Belgian railway line 130A is a railway line in Belgium connecting Charleroi with the French border near Erquelinnes. Completed in 1852, the line runs 29.3 km.[1] It runs along the river Sambre, crossing it several times. Beyond Erquelinnes, a French railway line continues towards Jeumont, Saint-Quentin and Paris. Until the opening of the Paris–Brussels–Cologne high-speed lines, international passenger trains between Paris and Cologne traveled along line 130A.
The main interchange stations on line 130A are:
to Brussels, Ottignies, Couvin, Namur and Mons
to Jeumont