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  | |
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| Railway Station | |
 Nivelles railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Nivelles, Walloon Brabant Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°36′04″N 4°20′07″E / 50.60111°N 4.33528°E |
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS |
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS |
| Line(s) | 124 |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | FNVT |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 June 1874 |
| Passengers | |
| 2014 | 4,184 per day |
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| Location | |
  Nivelles Location within Belgium  Nivelles 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–Waterloo–Linkebeek (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
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Following station | ||
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| Braine-l'Alleud towards Antwerpen-Centraal
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IC 05 weekdays
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Luttre towards Charleroi-Sud
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| Lillois towards Brussels National Airport
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IC 27 weekdays
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Obaix-Buzet towards Charleroi-Sud
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| Braine-l'Alleud towards Antwerpen-Centraal
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IC 31 weekends
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Luttre towards Charleroi-Sud
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| Lillois towards Antwerpen-Centraal
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S 1 weekdays
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Terminus | ||
| Lillois towards Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
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S 1 weekends
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| Lillois towards Braine-l'Alleud
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S 9 weekdays
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See also edit
References edit
Footnotes edit
Citations edit
- ^ "NIVELLES". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 5 November 2023.