The Belgian railway line 96 is a railway line in
Belgium
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connecting
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 ...
to
Quévy
Quévy (; pcd, Kévi) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, Quévy had a total population of 7,734. The total area is 65.16 km² which gives a population density of 119 inhabitants p ...
at the
border with France. A railway line then connects Quévy to
Paris
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, France, which forms the old Brussels-Paris railway line. The line is used by
TGV
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,
Thalys
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trains and
Eurostar
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trains between Brussels and
Lembeek
Lembeek is a village with a population of 7,256 in the municipality of Halle, Belgium.
Location
South-west of Halle, it is close to the language border between the Flemish Region and Wallonia. The Castle of Lembeek was demolished by request of ...
.
The first section of line 96 opened in 1840 between Brussels and
Tubize
Tubize (; nl, Tubeke ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Tubize had a total population of 22,335. The total area is 32.66 km2 which gives a population density ...
.
The final section between Hautmont and the Belgian-French border was opened in 1858.
The following stations are located on this line:
*
Brussels-South
*
Forest-South
*
Ruisbroek
* Lot
* Buizingen
*
Halle
* Lembeek
* Tubize
* Hennuyères
*
Braine-le-Comte
Braine-le-Comte (; nl, ’s-Gravenbrakel, ; wa, Brinne-e-Hinnot) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On January 1, 2018, Braine-le-Comte had a total population of 21,649. The total area is whic ...
*
Soignies
Soignies (; nl, Zinnik, ; pcd, Sougniye; wa, Sougniye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
It consists of the following districts: Casteau, Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Horrues, Naast, Neufvilles, ...
*
Neufvilles Neufvilles ( wa, Neuvile) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Soignies, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
With the others villages Casteau, Horrues, Chaussée-Notre-Dame-Louvignies, Naast, Soignies (town), ...
* Masnuy-Saint-Pierre
*
Jurbise
Jurbise (; nl, Jurbeke; pcd, Djurbize) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 9,571 inhabitants. The total area is 57.86 km², giving a population density of 165 in ...
* Erbisoeul
*
Ghlin
*
Mons
*
Cuesmes
*
Frameries
Frameries (; pcd, Framrie; wa, Framriye) is a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality of Wallonia located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium.
The municipality consists of the following deelgemeente, districts: Eugies, Frameri ...
* Genly
*
Quévy
Quévy (; pcd, Kévi) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On 1 January 2006, Quévy had a total population of 7,734. The total area is 65.16 km² which gives a population density of 119 inhabitants p ...
Accidents
In 2010,
two trains collided on the line 96, near
Halle train station, causing 19 deaths.
References
96
96
City of Brussels
Mons
Railway lines opened in 1840
3000 V DC railway electrification
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