Intercity Antwerp–Charleroi

Down the oldest railway on the Continent, Brussels to Mechelen in 1835, then the 1843 line south past Nivelles into the Sambre coalfield at Charleroi.

Stations

1. 0 kmAntwerpen-Centraal +6
2. 2 kmAntwerpen-Berchem +4
3. 23 kmMechelen +1
4. 44 kmBruxelles-Nord - Brussel-Noord +7
5. 46 kmBruxelles-Central - Brussel-Centraal +7
6. 48 kmBruxelles-Midi - Brussel-Zuid +9
7. 66 kmBraine-l'Alleud
8. 76 kmNivelles
9. 88 kmLuttre
10. 99 kmMarchienne-au-Pont
11. 103 kmCharleroi-Central +3

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 206732: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits 0.1 km from the shape of IC 2029

Questions and answers

How long is the Intercity?

The Intercity runs 102 km from Antwerp to Charleroi.

How long does the Intercity take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 43 min for the 102 km. That is an average of 59 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 140 km/h.

Who runs the Intercity?

SNCB.

How old is the Intercity?

The line has been in service since 1843. 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.

How often does the Intercity run?

36 direct trains on a weekday (counted on 2 September 2026).

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