A long-distance inter-regional line (IR "e") connects Hamont with Antwerp every hour. The trains start in Hamont, combine in Mol with a train partition from (or to) Hasselt, (or on the way back splits) and travels via Herentals and Lier to Antwerpen Centraal. In Herentals a branch line connects to the city of Turnhout, which is served by two lines of the SNCB; the "InterCity R" and the "Interregio g". The latter, hourly train, uses the same route Herentals–Lier–Antwerp as the "Interregio e" (Antwerp–Lier–Herentals–Mol–Hasselt/Neerpelt). The "InterCity R", which also travels hourly, however, leaves the Iron Rhine in Lier, and reaches Brussels-Midi via Mechelen. The section Antwerp-Lier is also used by the "Interregio c"(Antwerp-Lier-Aarschot-Liege) and by local trains on the route Antwerp-Lier-Aarschot-Leuven. The service offering is reinforced along the trunk route of the Iron Rhine, with hourly local trains on the route Antwerp-Lier-Herentals-Mol serving smaller intermediate stations. In addition, the only during peak travel time circulating P-Train ("Piekuurtrein / Train d'heure de pointe come") will also use the route.