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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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]
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.
The station is served by the following services:
Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | 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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