Herbesthal railway station Bahnhof Herbesthal | |||||
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Frontier station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Herbesthal (Lontzen), Prussia (1843–1871) Germany (1871–1920) Belgium (1920–1966) | ||||
Coordinates | 50°39′37.8″N 5°59′10.7″E / 50.660500°N 5.986306°E | ||||
Platforms | 7 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1843 | ||||
Closed | 1966 | ||||
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Herbesthal railway station was the Prussian/German frontier station on the main railway from Germany into Belgium between 1843 and 1920. It opened to rail traffic on 15 October 1843,[1] and was thereby the oldest railway station frontier crossing in the world. It lost its border status on 10 January 1920, however, as a result of changes mandated in the Treaty of Versailles, which left Herbesthal more than 10 km (6.2 mi) inside Belgium.[2]