Belgian railway line 124

Belgian railway line 124
A local passenger train at Uccle Calevoet station in 2008
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Brussels-South railway station Charleroi-South railway station
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	1843-1874
Technical
Line length	56 km (35 mi)
Number of tracks	double track
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	3 kV DC
Route map Line from Brussels-North 0.0 Brussels-South to Schaerbeek, Ostend, Mons, Paris from Schaerbeek 2.1 Forest-East 4.0 Uccle-Stalle 5.6 Uccle-Calevoet Line Halle – Schaerbeek 7.8 Linkebeek 9.1 Holleken 11.4 Sint-Genesius-Rode 12.6 De Hoek 15.5 Waterloo 18.8 Braine-l'Alleud 23.4 Lillois 29.3 Nivelles 37.0 Obaix-Buzet from Braine-le-Comte 40.9 Luttre 46.5 Courcelles-Motte 48.7 Roux to La Louvière freight line to port of Charleroi 52.9 Marchienne-au-Pont River Sambre Line to Erquelinnes and Couvin to Fleurus 55.9 Charleroi-Sud Line to Namur

The Belgian railway line 124 is a railway line in Belgium connecting the cities of Brussels and Charleroi. The first section, between Luttre and Charleroi, was built in 1843. The complete line, which runs 55.9 km, was opened on 1 June 1874.

The line passes through the following stations:

• Brussels-South
• Forest-East
• Uccle-Stalle
• Uccle-Calevoet
• Linkebeek
• Holleken
• Sint-Genesius-Rode
• De Hoek
• Waterloo
• Braine-l'Alleud
• Lillois
• Nivelles
• Obaix-Buzet
• Luttre
• Courcelles-Motte
• Roux
• Marchienne-au-Pont
• Charleroi-South