Nivelles railway station

Summary

Nivelles railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles, Dutch: Station Nijvel)[a] is a railway station in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 1 June 1874 and is located on railway line 124. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).[1]

Nivelles
Railway Station
Nivelles railway station
General information
LocationNivelles, Walloon Brabant
Belgium
Coordinates50°36′04″N 4°20′07″E / 50.60111°N 4.33528°E / 50.60111; 4.33528
Owned bySNCB/NMBS
Operated bySNCB/NMBS
Line(s)124
Platforms4
Tracks4
Other information
Station codeFNVT
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1 June 1874; 149 years ago (1874-06-01)
Passengers
20144,184 per day
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Location within Belgium
Nivelles is located in Europe
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Nivelles (Europe)

The station used to be known as Nivelles-East railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles-Est, Dutch: Station Nijvel-Oost)[b] when there was also a Nivelles-North railway station on the former line 141. The railway line between Nivelles–WaterlooLinkebeek (south of Brussels) is currently (2015) being enlarged to allow a higher frequency of local and intercity trains.

Train services edit

The station is served by the following services:

  • Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-27) Brussls Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
  • Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
  • Brussels RER services (S1) Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekends)
  • Brussels RER services (S9) Landen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles (weekdays)
Preceding station   NMBS/SNCB Following station
Braine-l'Alleud IC 05
weekdays
Luttre
Lillois IC 27
weekdays
Obaix-Buzet
Braine-l'Alleud IC 31
weekends
Luttre
Lillois S 1
weekdays
Terminus
Lillois S 1
weekends
Lillois S 9
weekdays

See also edit

References edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Officially Nivelles (French: Nivelles, Dutch: Nijvel)
  2. ^ Officially Nivelles-Est (French: Nivelles-Est, Dutch: Nijvel-Oost)

Citations edit

  1. ^ "NIVELLES". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 5 November 2023.