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Antwerpen-Linkeroever, 30-06-2009. © Eddy Konijnendijk.

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Northern portal of the 3 Pertuis/Gaten on the Jonction Nord-Sud/Noord-Zuidverbinding. Bruxelles-Nord/Brussel-Noord. 4th February 2005. P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr).

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15 July 2001, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Driver's cab view in a local train from Louvain-la-Neuve to Ottignies. Approaching the tunnel at the end of Louvain-la-Neuve. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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15 July 2001, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Driver's cab view in a local train from Louvain-la-Neuve to Ottignies. Emerging from the tunnel which leads out of Louvain-la-Neuve. Digital photo by Klaus Föhl (klaus@foehl.net)

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Tunnel près de la gare Meiser à Bruxelles Tunnel op de spoorlijn bij station Meiser te Brussel Photo: Peter Bottenberg pjotr_ivanich2000@yahoo.com

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What has this to do with railways ? , you think ... it has to do very much with railways ... an explanation : On the 18th April , the SNCB organized the event 'Open Spoortunnel'.... you could make a walk in one of the 2 tunnels which connects station Antwerp-Central with station Antwerpen-Dam , and is a part of the future High Speed Link to the Netherlands. Because of safety reasons , there were groups of 300 persons , the next group of 300 persons followed 5 minutes after the first group and so on .. Some facts about the tunnels : They were drilled in only 5 months , then precasted concrete tiles were placed to guarantee the stability of the tunnel.The tunnel lies 20m beneath the ground , under the streets of Antwerp.. In 2006 the tunnel(s) will be ready to recieve Thalys Paris-Brussels-Antwerp-Amsterdam , IC N Bruxelles-Midi - Noorderkempen TGV , IR Brussels-Breda , and IC Brussels-Amsterdam trains .. There will be no freight traffic in the tunnel , only passengers , with the speed of 90 km/h.15/04/2004 Photo ©2004 Denis Verheyden (msts_2@hotmail.com).Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A70 digital Camera.

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Another view of the tunnel between station Antwerp-Dam and Antwerp-Central.15/04/2004. Photo ©2004 Denis Verheyden (msts_2@hotmail.com).Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A70 digital Camera.

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This board says under which street the tunnel between Antwerp-Dam and Antwerp-Central is located at the moment.In this case , it says "Oranjestraat".15/04/2004. Photo ©2004 Denis Verheyden (msts_2@hotmail.com).Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A70 digital Camera.

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This board in the tunnel between Antwerp-Dam and Antwerp-Central says that there is 1000m to go until we reach Antwerp-Central.15/04/2004. Photo ©2004 Denis Verheyden (msts_2@hotmail.com).Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A70 digital Camera.

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And the last view of the tunnel between Antwerp-Dam and Antwerp-Central.15/04/2004. Photo ©2004 Denis Verheyden (msts_2@hotmail.com).Photo taken with a Canon Powershot A70 digital Camera.