Classic route
Intercity Brussels–Liège
Brussels → Liège · Belgium
Terminates beneath Santiago Calatrava’s soaring white vault of steel and glass at Liège-Guillemins, one of Europe’s boldest modern stations.
- Distance
- 95 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h
- Average speed
- 95 km/h
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmBrussels-Central +8
- 1 kmBrussels-North +8
- 30 kmLeuven +2
- 100 kmLiège-Guillemins +6
The stations this train called at in the operator’s timetable (ÖBB Scotty, the IC 504 on 12 October 2026), in order along the line as drawn here, with the distance along it. Other runs of the train may skip some of them, and the timetable can change. 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
- The 99 km this route shares with OpenStreetMap relation 57688 is drawn from that relation's own nodes, 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 under 100 m from the shape of IC 505
- 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 Intercity?
The Intercity runs 95 km from Brussels to Liège.
How long does the Intercity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h for the 95 km. That is an average of 95 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Intercity?
SNCB, with M6 double-deck.
How old is the Intercity?
The line has been in service since 1842. 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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