The Belgian railway line 125 is a

railway line Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology. The difference between the American term ''railroad'' and the international term ''railway'' (used by the International Union of Railways and English-speaking countries outside the United Sta ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

connecting Liège and Namur. Completed in 1851, the line runs 59.5 km. It runs along the northern (left) bank of the river

Meuse The Meuse ( , , , ; wa, Moûze ) or Maas ( , ; li, Maos or ) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta. It has a t ...

Stations

The main interchange stations on line 125 are: * Liège-Guillemins: to

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Hasselt,

Maastricht Maastricht ( , , ; li, Mestreech ; french: Maestricht ; es, Mastrique ) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg. Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...

, Aachen,

Marche-en-Famenne Marche-en-Famenne (, literally ''Marche in Famenne''; wa, Måtche-el-Fåmene, ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Luxembourg. The municipality consists of the following districts: Aye, Hargimont, Hum ...

and

Gouvy Gouvy (; wa, Gouvi) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. On 1 January 2007 the municipality, which covers 165.11 km2, had 4,780 inhabitants, giving a population density of 29 inhabitants per km2. T ...

* Namur: to

Luxembourg City Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Gr ...

, Dinant and Charleroi

Accidents and incidents

*On 3 July 2008, a passenger train was in a rear-end collision with a freight train at

Huy Huy ( or ; nl, Hoei, ; wa, Hu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial ...

, near

Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse (, literally ''Saint-Georges on Meuse''; wa, Sint-Djôr-so-Mouze) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2006, Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse had a total population of 6,613. The ...

. Forty-two people were injured. *On 5 June 2016, a passenger train was in a rear-end collision with a freight train at Hermalle-sous-Huy. Three people were killed and 36 were wounded, nine seriously. :

References

125 125 may refer to: *125 (number), a natural number *AD 125, a year in the 2nd century AD *125 BC, a year in the 2nd century BC *125 (dinghy) *125 (New Jersey bus) See also * 12/5 (disambiguation) 12/5 may refer to: *December 5 in month/day date nota ...

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