Nivelles railway station (original) (raw)
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Railway station in Walloon Brabant, Belgium
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| General information | |
| Location | Nivelles, Walloon BrabantBelgium |
| Coordinates | 50°36′04″N 4°20′07″E / 50.60111°N 4.33528°E / 50.60111; 4.33528 |
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS |
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS |
| Line(s) | 124 |
| Platforms | 4 |
| Tracks | 4 |
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| Station code | FNVT |
| Website | Official website |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 June 1874; 150 years ago (1874-06-01) |
| 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:
- 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 | Following station | | |
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| Braine-l'Alleudtowards Antwerpen-Centraal | | IC 05weekdays | | Luttretowards Charleroi-Sud |
| Lilloistowards Brussels National Airport | | IC 27weekdays | | Obaix-Buzettowards Charleroi-Sud |
| Braine-l'Alleudtowards Antwerpen-Centraal | | IC 31weekends | | Luttretowards Charleroi-Sud |
| Lilloistowards Antwerpen-Centraal | | S 1weekdays | | Terminus |
| Lilloistowards Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord | | S 1weekends | | |
| Lilloistowards Braine-l'Alleud | | S 9weekdays | | |
^ Officially Nivelles-Est (French: Nivelles-Est; Dutch: Nijvel-Oost)
^ "NIVELLES". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 5 November 2023.