title: Liège–Maastricht railway
text: # Liège–Maastricht railway
  
  The Liège–Maastricht railway (line 40 in the Belgian numbering plan) is a railway line running from Liège in Belgium to Maastricht in the Netherlands. The line was opened in 1861.
  
  ## Stations
  
  The main interchange stations on the Liège–Maastricht railway are:
  
  * Liège: to Brussels, Aachen, Namur, Luxembourg and Hasselt
  * Maastricht: to Heerlen, Roermond , Eindhoven, Amsterdam
  
  Local stations are in Bressoux and Visé, Belgium, and in Eijsden and Randwyck on the Dutch side.
  
  ## Electrification
  
  The line has overhead power at 1,500 V DC in the Netherlands and 3,000 V DC in Belgium; the break of voltage occurs just to the North of the frontier, on Dutch territory.
  
  