Tienen railway station (original) (raw)
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Railway station in Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Tienen |
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 Tienen railway station |
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| General information | |
| Location | Tienen, Flemish BrabantBelgium |
| Coordinates | 50°48′29″N 4°55′33″E / 50.80806°N 4.92583°E / 50.80806; 4.92583 |
| Owned by | NMBS/SNCB |
| Operated by | NMBS/SNCB |
| Line(s) | 36 (Brussels-Liège) |
| Platforms | 5 |
| Tracks | 5 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | FTNN |
| History | |
| Opened | 22 September 1837; 187 years ago (1837-09-22) |
| Passengers | |
| 2014 | 4,033 per day |
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Tienen railway station (Dutch: Station Tienen; French: Gare de Tirlemont)[a] is a railway station in Tienen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 22 September 1837 and is located on railway line 36. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).[1]
The station building dates from 1841 and is the oldest station building in Belgium that is still in existence.
Tienen used to be located on lines 22 (to Diest) and 142 (to Namur). These two lines were closed between 1967 and 1990 and are now cycle routes.
The station is served by the following services:
- Intercity services (IC-03) Knokke/Blankenberge - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Hasselt - Genk
- Intercity services (IC-14) Quiévrain - Mons - Braine-le-Comte - Brussels - Leuven - Liege (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-29) De Panne - Ghent - Aalst - Brussels - Brussels Airport - Leuven - Landen
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | | |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Leuventowards Blankenberge or Knokke | | IC 03 | | Landentowards Genk |
| Leuventowards Quiévrain | | IC 14weekdays | | Landentowards Liège-Guillemins |
| Vertrijktowards De Panne | | IC 29 | | Ezemaaltowards Landen |
View of the platforms and tracks
Another view of the platforms and tracks
Place name sign on a platform- List of railway stations in Belgium
- Rail transport in Belgium
^ "TIENEN". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
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