Nivelles railway station

Nivelles railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles, Dutch: Station Nijvel), officially Nivelles, 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).

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

The station used to be known as Nivelles-East railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles-Est, Dutch: Station Nijvel-Oost) 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

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

References

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