Interior view of Liège-Guillemins Railway Station, Belgium

 

The new Liège-Guillemins Railway Station was officially opened on 18 September 2009 to accommodate the high speed trains since the existing platforms were too small. It has 9 tracks and 5 platforms (three of 450 m and two of 350 m). All the tracks around the station have been modernised to allow high speed arrival and departure. The new station is made of steel, glass and white concrete. It includes a monumental arch, 160 meters long and 32 meters high. The building costs were €312 million.

Liège-Guillemins Railway Station, Belgium.

 

 

 

Liège-Guillemins railway station is the main station of the city of Liège, the third largest city in Belgium. It is one of the most important hubs in the country and is one of the 3 Belgian stations on the high speed rail network. The station is used by 15,000 people every day which makes it the eleventh busiest station in Belgium.  

 

 

Liege-Guillemins Railway Station, Belgium

Liege-Guillemins Railway Station, Belgium

Antwerp Railway Station, Belgium.

Eurostar and Thalys High Speed Trains, Europe.

Eurostar  is a high speed railway service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between the United Kingdom and France.  The service is operated by eighteen-coach Class 373/1 trainswhich run at up to 300 kilometres per hour (186 mph) on a network of high-speed lines.

Thalys is an international high speed train  operator originally built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel. Thalys reaches Amsterdam and Cologne, and its system is operated by Thalys International.