Namur railway station
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 |
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 first in Wallonia.[1]
History
 Namur railway station in 1904 |
- 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 services
The station is served by the following services:
- EuroCity services (IC-34) Brussels - Namur - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel
- 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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| EuroCity | Ciney toward Basel SBB |
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| IC 16 | Ciney toward Luxembourg |
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weekdays toward Brussels National Airport | IC 17 | Jambes toward Dinant |
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weekends |
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| IC 18 weekdays | Andenne toward Liège-Palais |
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Tamines toward Lille Flandres | IC 19 | Terminus | ||
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Mons | IC 25 | Andenne From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Liège-Palais |
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Jemeppe-sur-Sambre On weekends and holidays toward Mouscron | Andenne On weekends and holidays toward Liers |
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| Terminus | S 01 | Marche-les-Dames toward Liège-Guillemins |
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Rhisnes toward Ottignies | S 08 | Terminus | ||
| Terminus | SNCB-NMBS L 11 | Jambes toward Libramont |
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Ronet From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Ottignies | SNCB-NMBS L 14 | Jambes From Monday to Friday, except holidays Terminus |
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| Terminus | ||||
| Terminus | SNCB-NMBS L 16 | Jambes-Est From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Assesse |
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Jambes-Est 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 also
References
- 1 2 lavenir.net (20 November 2013). "Bruxelles-Midi est la gare la plus fréquentée du pays, Namur 1re wallonne" (in French).
- ↑ Article about final Thalys to Ostend
External links
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Media related to Namur train station at Wikimedia Commons - (English) Namur Station on SNCB website
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