Belgian railway line 130A

The Belgian railway line 130A is a railway line in Belgium connecting Charleroi with the French border near Erquelinnes. Completed in 1852, the line runs 29.3 km. It runs along the river Sambre, crossing it several times. Beyond Erquelinnes, a French railway line continues towards Jeumont, Saint-Quentin and Paris. Until the opening of the Paris–Brussels–Cologne high-speed lines, international passenger trains between Paris and Cologne traveled along line 130A.

Belgian railway line 130A
A train at Jeumont station in 2008
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Charleroi-Sud railway station French border near Erquelinnes
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	1852
Technical
Line length	29 km (18 mi)
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map km Line from Namur 0.0 Charleroi-Sud to Fleurus Line to Brussels to Couvin 4.1 Marchienne-Zône 8.0 Landelies 11.6 Hourpes 14.9 Thuin 16.9 Lobbes 21.8 Fontaine-Valmont 23.7 Labuissière 25.7 Solre-sur-Sambre 27.6 Erquelinnes-Village 29.1 Erquelinnes 29.3 239.6 border Belgium/France Line to Jeumont and Paris

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 130A are:

• Charleroi-Sud: to Brussels, Ottignies, Couvin, Namur and Mons
• Erquelinnes: to Jeumont

References

Tracks of line 130A at Thuin train station