Classic route
Maubeuge–Charleroi railway
Maubeuge → Charleroi · France · Belgium
- Distance
- 40 km
- Fastest time
- 56 min
- Average speed
- 43 km/h
- Operator
- SNCB
- Train
- R 19809
- Countries
- France, Belgium
- In service since
- 1855
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Charleroi to the French frontier at Erquelinnes opened on 6 November 1852, and the Nord company’s line from Saint-Quentin met it there on 11 August 1855, on the old main road from Paris to Brussels.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 7396141 — 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 R 19809
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
How long is the Maubeuge–Charleroi railway?
The Maubeuge–Charleroi railway runs 40 km from Maubeuge to Charleroi. It runs through France and Belgium.
How long does the Maubeuge–Charleroi railway take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 56 min for the 40 km. That is an average of 43 km/h end to end.
Who runs the Maubeuge–Charleroi railway?
SNCB, with R 19809.
How old is the Maubeuge–Charleroi railway?
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.
View on the world railway map →More classic routes
- LNER Azuma
The Flying Scotsman’s route since 1862: and where Mallard set the never-beaten steam record of 203 km/h in 1938.
Wikipedia ↗ - Alfa Pendular
A tilting Pendolino leaning through the curves of the 19th-century Linha do Norte between Portugal’s two great cities.
Wikipedia ↗ - EIP Pendolino
Rides Poland’s 1970s Central Main Line (CMK), engineered decades ahead of its time and now being upgraded to 250 km/h.
Wikipedia ↗ - Railjet
Follows the old Orient Express alignment down the Danube plain: centre to centre faster than any flight.
Wikipedia ↗
