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Railway station in Flemish Brabant, Belgium

Tienen
Railway Station
Tienen railway station
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
Map
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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:

| 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 |

  1. ^ Officially Tienen (Dutch: Tienen; French: Tirlemont)

  2. ^ "TIENEN". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 3 December 2023.