Heritage route
Miljoenenlijn
Schin op Geul → Kerkrade · Netherlands
Miljoenenlijn in pictures
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- Distance
- 17 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h
- Average speed
- 17 km/h
- Top speed
- 40 km/h
- Operator
- ZLSM
- Train
- Steam · ZLSM
- Countries
- Netherlands
- In service since
- 1934
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Nicknamed the Million Line for its ruinously costly cuttings and viaducts, this steam railway climbs the only real hills in the Netherlands, in South Limburg.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 2 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: ZLSM — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
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