Opportunities for reinforcing cross-border railway connections: The case of the Liège (Belgium) – Maastricht (the Netherlands) connection Nathalie Christmanna*+, Martine Mostertb+, Pierre-François Wilmotteac*+, Jean-Marc Lambottea and Mario Coolsbde a Lepur, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium; b Urban & Environmental Engineering, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium; c UR Spheres, Université de Liège, Liège, Belgium; dDepartment of Informatics, Simulation and Modeling, KULeuven Campus Brussel, Brussels, Belgium; e Faculty of Business Economics, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium. + These three authors made equal contributions to the paper. Email of corresponding author:
[email protected] This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09654313.2019.1623976 Opportunities for reinforcing cross-border railway connections: The case of the Liège (Belgium) – Maastricht (the Netherlands) connection Efficient mobility is an essential driving force for the development of cross-border (CB) regions. The different settings and visions of neighbouring CB entities may lead to unsatisfactory transport connections across the border. This case study of a CB connection focuses on this issue and highlights, by means of a comparative analysis, how the differences in six perspectives (the economic context; urban and regional planning in Belgium and the Netherlands; the structure of the rail network; barriers in the