Heritage route
Chemin de Fer du Bocq
Ciney → Yvoir · Belgium
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Three tunnels and five stone viaducts pack into the Bocq valley on one of Belgium’s most dramatically engineered branch lines.
How this line was checked
- The 15 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 3775745 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 78.6% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 4 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Chemin de Fer du Bocq?
The Chemin de Fer du Bocq runs 21 km from Ciney to Yvoir.
How long does the Chemin de Fer du Bocq take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 1 h 15 min for the 21 km. That is an average of 17 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 40 km/h.
Who runs the Chemin de Fer du Bocq?
Patrimoine Ferroviaire et Tourisme, with vintage SNCB railcar, heritage diesel locomotives.
How old is the Chemin de Fer du Bocq?
The line has been in service since 1907. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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