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Vennbahn (RAVeL 9)
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Departure	Aachen
Steps	(48,4 km) Montjoie ​(43,7 km) St. Vith
Arrival	(32,3 km) Three Virgins
Length	124,4 km
Country	Germany ​Belgium ​Luxembourg
Regions	Eifel ​High Fens ​Liège Ardenne ​Oesling
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The Vennbahn, literally “Fagnes railway line”, is a trans-European cyclo-pedestrian route with a high level of safety and very high ride qualities.

Understand

This cycle route is part of the network RAVeL. Formerly known in Belgium under the name of "RAVeL 9", it occupies the former base of the railway lines n^bone 48 (Aix-la-Chapelle - Saint-Vith) and 47 (Saint-Vith - Troisvierges) of the SNCB.

From Rothe Erde station to Aachen to the Belgian-German border at Raeren, it is managed and maintained by the Aachen urban region then by the General Operational Directorate of Roads and Buildings in Wallonia to the Belgian-Luxembourg border at Huldande and finally by the administration of the Ponts et Chaussées in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to the station of Three Virgins.

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• Access : According to the law, the RAVeL network is considered as a network of “reserved paths”. That is to say that it has specific police regulations, not being considered a pedestrian zone, games are therefore authorized there but users cannot put each other in danger or hinder each other.
  • always authorized: all types of bicycles, scooters and wheelchairs with or without electric assistance, Segways, roller skates, pedestrians, children's strollers, dogs (kept on a leash);
  • sometimes authorized: riders (only walking and on certain sections in Belgium);
  • still prohibited: all vehicles with thermal engines, couplings.
• Coating : 90% in asphalt or interlocking paving stones and 10% in compacted gravel for environmental reasons.
• Altitudes : minimum: 190 meters at km 0 to Rothe erde, maximum: 560 meters at km 61.5 at Sourbrodt.
• Slopes : average of 2% with a maximum of 3% except for 2 portions of 100 meters and 150 meters at 10% (Belgian-Luxembourg border).
• Security : in Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: entirely on its own site, in Belgium: a few short sections on local or rural roads. Unless otherwise indicated, the right of way must be yielded at intersections with other roads on the entire route.

Signage and markup

The entire route is marked, like the entire RAVeL network, in blue and yellow except in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg where it is white and green.

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  Main beacon all along the route

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  Secondary beacon in Belgium

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  Numbering in Belgium

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  Secondary tag and numbering in Luxembourg

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  Authorized riders

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  Riders prohibited

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  Secondary beacon for rider

Typical crossing between a RAVeL and an ordinary road network in Belgium Ordinary roads, whether priority or not, are coated with red paint over the entire surface of the intersection as well as over its entire width on either side of the intersection. The RAVeL is coated with green paint over its entire width on either side of the crossroads as well as equipped with a tactile strip on each side.

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Steps

Aachen - Monschau

• 50.7756.0851 Aachen (km 0) – departure of the 50.77046.11731 Aachen-Rothe-Erde station . (last update Feb. 2018)
• Step of 22,2 km
• 50.66666.13162 Raeren (km 22.2) (last update Feb. 2018)
• Step of 26,2 km
• 50.56496.23453 Montjoie (Monschau) (km 48.4) (last update Feb. 2018)
• Step of 26,7 km
• 50.41036.12194 Waimes (km 75.1) (last update Feb. 2018)
• Step of 17 km
• 50.286.13065 St. Vith (Sankt Vith) (km 92.1) (last update Feb. 2018)
• Step of 14,7 km
• 50.19316.13226 Burg-Reuland (km 106.8) (last update Feb. 2018)
• Step of 17,6 km
• 50.12045.9997 Three Virgins (km 124.4) – Arrival at the 50.12075.98832 Troisvierges station . (last update Feb. 2018)

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