Intercity Namur–Lille

Wallonia end to end and out the other side, up the Sambre from Namur through Charleroi, La Louviere and Mons and over the French border to Lille, on a valley line opened in 1843 to move coal and steel.

Stations

1. 0 kmNamur +2
2. 22 kmTamines
3. 36 kmCharleroi-Central +3
4. 57 kmLa Louvière-Sud
5. 77 kmMons
6. 86 kmSaint-Ghislain
7. 124 kmTournai +1
8. 128 kmFroyennes +1
9. 137 kmBaisieux
10. 142 kmAscq
11. 144 kmPont de Bois
12. 149 kmLille-Flandres +1

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 270670 — 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 4 m from it
• Checked against the running timetable via ÖBB Scotty: our line sits under 100 m from the shape of IC 929
• 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 149 km from Namur to Lille. It runs through Belgium and France.

How long does the Intercity take?

The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h 14 min for the 149 km. That is an average of 67 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.

Who runs the Intercity?

SNCB and SNCF, with AM96.

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?

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

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