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Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway

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Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway
A Benelux train at Kapellen in 2011
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleNetherlands and Belgium
Termini
Service
Operator(s)National Railway Company of Belgium,
Nederlandse Spoorwegen
History
Opened1854-1876
Technical
Line length64 km (40 mi)
Number of tracksdouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification3 kV DC (Antwerpen–Essen)
1.5 kV DC (Essen–Lage Zwaluwe)
Route map

km
0.0
Antwerpen-Centraal
2.3
Antwerpen-Oost
5.8
Antwerpen-Dam
8.3
Antwerp-Luchtbal
00.0
11.4
Ekeren
freight line to Port of Antwerp
12.5
Sint-Mariaburg
15.0
Kapellen
21.0
Heide
22.7
Kijkuit
24.0
Kalmthout
28.1
Wildert
32.1
Essen
33.2
31.2
22.8
Roosendaal
15.6
Oudenbosch
7.5
Zevenbergen
0.0
Lage Zwaluwe

The Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway (railway line 12 in the Belgian numbering plan) is an international railway line running from Antwerp in Belgium to Lage Zwaluwe in the Netherlands. The line was opened between 1854 and 1876. The opening of the high speed lines HSL 4 and HSL-Zuid in 2009 has decreased its importance for international passenger traffic. there is still a local international NMBS S32 train from Roosendaal to Puurs via Antwerp central once an hour along with a few other Belgian domestic IC/ and a second hourly S32 but only as far as Essen station.

Stations

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The main interchange stations on the Antwerp–Lage Zwaluwe railway are: