Tunnel of Soumagne

The tunnel of Soumagne is the longest railway tunnel of Belgium (6530 m). Built on the layout of the line TGV Brussels - Liege - Cologne (LGV 3), it connects the agglomeration inhabitant of Li2ege to the plate of Herve with uneven of 120 Mr. His construction will have lasted of 2001 to 2005 and the first trains at high speed will circulate there at the end of 2009 at a speed of 200 km/h. Its western head is located at Be worth-under-Chèvremont in the entity of Chaudfontaine, in the valley of the Vesdre at an altitude of 90 m, while its head is located at Ayeneux, in the entity of Soumagne, at an altitude of 210 Mr. It passes under the communes of Chaudfontaine, Fléron, Olne and Soumagne. Its slope varies from 1,7% to 2% at its end is and its maximum cover reached up to 127 Mr.

See too

List of the tunnels

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