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Start from Brussels, or Antwerp?[edit]

Does HSL start at Brussels going north, or at Anwerp? In French, it says HSL 4 runs from Antwerp to the dutch border. Other articles in [HSL-Zuid#Route] also refer to the idea that it goes only to antwerp, and that the section from Antwerp to Brussels is not HSL 4, but just an upgraded line forming part of the greater Amsterdam to Brussels route.

Can anyone offer clarification on this? —fudoreaper (talk) 17:32, 12 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The dedicated high-speed line (which allows 300 km/h) starts north of Antwerp. The part between Antwerp and Brussels is conventional rail, even though it may simply be included in the "high-speed line" in advertising and marketing. SergioGeorgini (talk) 22:55, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Voltage system[edit]

Voltage system of HSL 4: 3 kV DC and 25 kV AC (voltage change between Antwerp and Dutch border) 121.102.47.215 (talk) 13:01, 14 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

HSL 4 proper starts at "Y Luchtbal", just north of Antwerp Luchtbal station, and is almost entirely 25 kV 50 Hz (starting just after the bridge under the A12-E19 motorway). The 3 kV DC line south of that, including the Antwerp North-South railway tunnel, is line 25, the "classical" Brussel – Antwerp-Luchtbal railway line. — Tonymec (talk) 13:29, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

3kV DC and left-hand runnrin?[edit]

Is HSL 4 3kV DC and left-hand running? 121.102.47.215 (talk) 13:27, 19 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

All Belgian double-track lines are left-hand running with the exception of a few sections near borders with right-hand-running countries. In the case of the Antwerp-Amsterdam high-speed line (HSL4 and HSL-Zuid) the change between (Belgian) left-hand running and (Dutch) right-hand running is shortly before Rotterdam, thus far inside Dutch territory.

All Belgian, French and Dutch HSLs use 25 kV 50 Hz AC power on the actual high-speed sections, for the HSL4 this means from just north of Antwerp Luchtbal station to the Dutch border. 3 kV DC is used on most Belgian electrified lines with the exception of all four actual HSLs and of lines to the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg, which use 25 kV AC. — Tonymec (talk) 13:14, 17 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]