Classic route
Intercity Charleroi–Leuven
Charleroi → Leuven · Belgium
The Louvain-to-Charleroi company opened its whole route in 1855, Leuven to Wavre in February and the last stretch into the Sambre coalfield that August; the IC-24 still runs it end to end.
Stations
- 0 kmCharleroi-Central +3
- 13 kmFleurus
- 33 kmCourt-Saint-Étienne
- 36 kmOttignies +1
- 42 kmWavre
- 62 kmHeverlee
- 65 kmLeuven +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 20259224: 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 under 100 m from the shape of IC 5706
Questions and answers
How long is the Intercity?
The Intercity runs 65 km from Charleroi to Leuven.
How long does the Intercity take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 1 h 2 min for the 65 km. That is an average of 63 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Intercity?
SNCB, with IC-24.
How old is the Intercity?
The line has been in service since 1855. 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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