Classic route
Intercity Ostend–Eupen
Ostend → Eupen · Belgium
From the coast to the German-speaking east in one train: Ostend, Bruges and Ghent, the three Brussels stations, Leuven and Liège, then up the Vesdre valley by Verviers to Eupen.
- Distance
- 261 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 3 h
- Average speed
- 87 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmOostende +3
- 22 kmBrugge +2
- 62 kmGent-Sint-Pieters +4
- 114 kmBruxelles-Midi - Brussel-Zuid +10
- 116 kmBruxelles-Central - Brussel-Centraal +8
- 117 kmBruxelles-Nord - Brussel-Noord +8
- 146 kmLeuven +2
- 218 kmLiège-Guillemins +6
- 242 kmVerviers-Central +1
- 255 kmWelkenraedt
- 261 kmEupen
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for a train that runs this route end to end, 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
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 12 m from it
Questions and answers
How long is the Intercity?
The Intercity runs 261 km from Ostend to Eupen.
How long does the Intercity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 3 h for the 261 km. That is an average of 87 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Intercity?
SNCB, with IC 01.
How old is the Intercity?
The line has been in service since 2002. 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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