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Capitel 156: Genk - Liège - Vottem

Trackwidth: 1000 mm

Operators:

  • LSTMFrom begin until 1919
  • NMVBFrom 1919 until end

Below a print of the timetable of the year 1931.


 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..(1)Riemst - Bitsingen1910.05.231918.05.xx - 1920.08.081948.08.161959.06.301959.06.30
(1) From 2.11.1909 already goods trafic from Riemst to Val-Meer (sugar beets)
 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..Genk - Zutendaal1910.05.23--19431943
..Zutendaal - Munsterbilsen1910.05.23--1949.08.161949.08.16
..Munsterbilsen - Bilsen1910.05.23--1949.08.161949.08.16
..Bilsen - Riemst1910.05.231918.05.xx - 1920.08.08-1949.08.161949.08.16
..Bitsingen - Houtain St.Simeon1911.03.081918.04.23 - 1920.08.081948.08.161959.06.301959.06.30
..Houtain St.Simeon - Herstal1914.06.081918.04.23 - 1920.08.081948.08.161959.06.301959.06.30
..Herstal - Liège Coronmeuse1927.02.01-1938.04.041955.09.011957.01.31
..Liège Coronmeuse - Liège Quai des Pecheurs1938.04.04-1938.04.041955.09.011957.01.31
..(1)Liège Quai des Pecheurs - Liège Pl.St.Lambert----
(1) see cap.73
 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..(1)As - Zutendaal1934--1936.06.171936.06.17
(1) opening passengers: 1936.03.xx
 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..(1)Zutendaal - Lanaken1934--1950.01.011952
(1) opening passengers: 1936.03.xx
 
Length
(km)
 TrajectDate
Opening
Temporary
closure
Date
electrification
Closure
passengers
Closure
goods
..Houtain St.Simeon - Liers1911.03.081918.04.23 - 1920.08.08-1936.01.311936.01.31
..Liers - Vottem1924.01.21-1936.01.311954.10.211954.10.21