Namur railway station (Belgium)
Namur is the main railway station serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600[1] people every day which makes it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the busiest in Wallonia.[1]
Namur | |
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 Railway Station | |
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| Location | Place de la Station 5000 Namur Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°28′09″N 4°51′45″E / 50.46913°N 4.86247°ECoordinates: 50°28′09″N 4°51′45″E / 50.46913°N 4.86247°E |
| Elevation | 90 m |
| Owned by | Infrabel |
| Operated by | National Railway Company of Belgium |
| Line(s) | 125, 130, 154, 161, 162 |
| Platforms | 6 |
| Tracks | 11 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | FNR |
| History | |
| Opened | 23 October 1843 |
| Traffic | |
| Passengers (2009) | 7.11 millions |
HistoryEdit
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- The first station opened on 23 October 1843.
- The first railway connection to Namur is inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian State Railways (Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) opens an indirect line from Brussels to Charleroi (via Braine-le-Comte), continuing to Namur.
- In 1850, the Compagnie du Nord-Belge inaugurates the line 125, connecting Namur to Liège.
- In 1856, a third company reached Namur (Grande compagnie du Luxembourg) with a direct link to Brussels with line 161. Two years later, the company opened the line 162 Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg.
- In 1862, the Nord-Belge creates the line 154 Namur - Dinant.
- In 1864, inauguration of the actual main building.
- In 1869, the Belgian state railway company puts into service a sixth line (142) connecting Namur to Tienen. It was completely closed in 1988.
The station was served by a daily Thalys high-speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.[2]
Train servicesEdit
The station is served by the following services:
- Intercity services (IC-16) Brussels - Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg
- Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Namur - Dinant (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels - Namur - Dinant (weekends)
- Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liege (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
- Intercity services (IC-25) Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
- Local services (L-01) Namur - Huy - Liège
- Local services (L-08) Ottignies - Gembloux - Namur
- Local services (L-11) Namur - Dinant - Bertrix - Libramont
- Local services (L-14) Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi - Tamines - Namur - Jambes
- Local services (L-16) Namur - Assesse (- Ciney)
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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| IC 16 | toward Luxembourg |
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weekdays toward Brussels National Airport | IC 17 | toward Dinant |
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weekends |
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| IC 18 weekdays | toward Liège-Palais |
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toward Lille Flandres | IC 19 | Terminus | ||
From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Mons | IC 25 | From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Liège-Palais |
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On weekends and holidays toward Mouscron | On weekends and holidays toward Liers |
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| Terminus | L 01 | toward Liège-Guillemins |
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toward Ottignies | L 08 | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | L 11 | toward Libramont |
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From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Ottignies | L 14 | From Monday to Friday, except holidays Terminus |
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| Terminus | ||||
| Terminus | L 16 | From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Assesse |
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On weekends and holidays toward Ciney |
In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons).
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b lavenir.net (20 November 2013). "Bruxelles-Midi est la gare la plus fréquentée du pays, Namur 1re wallonne" (in French).
- ^ Dries De Smet (31 March 2015). "Thalys doet laatste keer Oostende en Namen aan" [Thalys stops at Ostend and Namur for the last time]. De Standaard (in Dutch).
External linksEdit
Media related to Namur train station at Wikimedia Commons- (in English) Namur Station on SNCB website
