Belgian Railways Class 96

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The class 96 (MS96 in Dutch, AM96 in French) is an electric multiple unit constructed in 1996 for the National Railway Company of Belgium. They incorporate features from the DSB IC3da trainsets in order to enable passage from one set coach to another. When two or more units are coupled together in a single train, the entire front door folds away to give a wide passage, and the rubber diaphragms at the ends form a flush aerodynamic seal. The trainsets have air conditioning that can be controlled per coach, which makes them suitable for long distances. As of summer 2022, these trainsets are used almost exclusively on IC connections: IC-03: Blankenberge - Brussels - Sint-Truiden - Genk IC-04: Antwerp Central - Kortrijk - Poperinge / Lille-Flandres (F) IC-06: Tournai - Brussels - Brussels Airport IC-06A: Mons - Brussels - Brussels Airport IC-13 Kortrijk - Zottegem - Denderleeuw - Brussels - Schaarbeek IC-18: Brussels - Namur - Liège-Saint-Lambert IC-19: Namur - Tournai - Lille-Flandres (F) IC-23: Ostend - Kortrijk - Zottegem - Brussels - Brussels Airport IC-23A: Knokke - Brussels - Brussels Airport IC-25: Mons - Namur - Liège-Saint-Lambert IC-26 Hasselt-Brussels airport- Antwerpen Central IC-29: Ghent - Aalst - Brussels - Brussels Airport - Landen IC-32: Kortrijk - Bruges (routes 805, 821, 841) IC-41: Namur - Charleroi - Maubeuge (F) IC-42: Mons - Aulnoye-Aymeries (F) The MS96 also runs a limited number of P trains, L trains and S trains. Versions: There are three different variants of MS96, which can run together in train connection : 441-490: two-voltage motor trains; they can run on the classic Belgian railway network of 3 kV⎓ and on the network of 25 kV~, the border lines to France and Luxembourg and. Theoretically, they could also be operated on the high-speed line from Leuven to Liège,...