The class 96 (MS96 in Dutch, AM96 in French) is an electric multiple unit constructed in 1996[2] 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.

But since the Belgian overhead line on this route reaches Eijsden station , and there are no slopes parallel to the Maas, that is not a problem.