Tongeren railway station
Tongeren railway station (Dutch: Station Tongeren, French: Gare de Tongres), officially Tongeren, is a railway station in Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium. The station is on the Hasselt-Liège railway and marks the beginning of the Tongeren-Aachen railway through Visé to Germany. The station was also the final stop of the now demolished Drieslinter-Tongeren railway.
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| Location | Tongeren, Limburg Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°47′2″N 5°28′24″E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 24 - 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | FTG | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1863-11-11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Signal box
Tongeren signal box used to be located in the station building. It was permanently staffed until the 1990s, since when the train traffic in and around Tongeren has been regulated from Bilzen. The Tongeren signal box remained in place, but was only in use in the event of faults or maintenance works. On 24 June 2016, it was finally closed at the same time as the Bilzen signal box.[1] Since then, train traffic has been regulated from Hasselt's modern, central traffic control post[1]
The ticket office of the station is only open during the week, between 5:45 a.m. and 1 p.m.[2]
Services
Week
| Train type | Connection | Timetable |
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| IC 20 | Tongeren - Hasselt - Aarschot - Brussel-South - Aalst - Gent-Sint-Pieters | 1x per hour |
| IC 13 | Hasselt - Diepenbeek - Tongeren - Liège-Guillemins - Maastricht | 1x per hour |
Weekend
| Train type | Connection | Timetable |
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| IC 09 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Aarschot - Hasselt - Diepenbeek - Tongeren - Liège-Guillemins | 1x per hour |
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Tongeren railway station from a bird's eye view
References
- "Treinverkeer dit weekend onderbroken op deze Limburgse spoorlijnen". www.tvl.be (in Flemish). Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- "TONGRES". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 2020-10-12.