ICE trainset 4604 leaves the LGV 3 (new high-speed line between Aachen and
Liège) at the western end in Chênée as one of the two
inaugural trains (the other one was a PBKA Thalys) on 12 June 2009. As the train
is just passing the voltage changeover from 25 kV 50 Hz to 3 kV
DC, all pantographs are down. One track of the old line can be seen next to the
platform on the right.
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Photo by
<a href="http://www-users.rwth-aachen.de/christoph.schmitz2/index.html">Christoph
Schmitz</a>
(<a href="mailto:christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de">christoph.schmitz2@post.rwth-aachen.de</a>)