Schiphol–Antwerp High-speed Railway

The Schiphol–Antwerp high-speed railway is a high-speed rail line connecting

Schiphol Airport railway station Schiphol Airport station is a major passenger railway station in Haarlemmermeer, Netherlands, beneath the terminal complex of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, operated by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. The station's six platforms are accessible via twel ...

, 9 kilometres southwest of the centre of

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

, to

Antwerp Antwerp (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of Antwerp Province, and the third-largest city in Belgium by area at , after ...

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

. It has a total length of 147 kilometres (91 miles), crossing the Dutch/Belgian border at

Hazeldonk/Meer Hazeldonk (as it is called in the Netherlands) or Meer (as it is called in Belgium) is the busiest border crossing between the Netherlands and Belgium. It sees an average of 55,000 vehicles per day, with some sources suggesting it as one of t ...

. It comprises the following parts: *

HSL-Zuid The HSL-Zuid (, ), is a 125 kilometre-long (78 mile) High-speed rail in the Netherlands, Dutch high-speed rail line running between the Amsterdam metropolitan area and the Belgium–Netherlands border, Belgian border, with a branch to Breda, ...

, the northern part, in the Netherlands *

HSL 4 The HSL 4 (, ) is a Belgian high-speed rail line part of the axis which connects Antwerp to the Dutch border. It is ; of it being dedicated high speed tracks. It was scheduled for completion by 2005 and opened in 2009. Together with the HS ...

, the southern part, in Belgium {{DEFAULTSORT:Schiphol-Antwerp high-speed railway Cross-border railway lines in Belgium Cross-border railway lines in the Netherlands Railway lines in Flanders Rail transport in Antwerp Railway lines in North Brabant Railway lines in North Holland Railway lines in South Holland Haarlemmermeer High-speed railway lines in the Netherlands High-speed railway lines in Belgium