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Faux railway station

Coordinates: 50°37′17″N 4°32′55″E / 50.62139°N 4.54861°E / 50.62139; 4.54861
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Faux
Railway Station
General information
LocationFaux, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Coordinates50°37′17″N 4°32′55″E / 50.62139°N 4.54861°E / 50.62139; 4.54861
Owned byNational Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)140
Platforms2
Tracks2
History
Opened1 August 1901

Faux is a railway station in Faux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. It opened in 1901 on the Line 140 (Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi).

Location

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The railway station is located in Faux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.[1] Faux station is located at kilometric point 7.30 on line 140, from Ottignies to Marcinelle (Charleroi), between the stations of Court-Saint-Étienne and La Roche.

History

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The Belgian State Railways Administration put the stopping point of Faux into service on 1 August 1901. It was originally a simple stopping point depending on the station of La Roche.[2]

In 1909, this stopping point became a full stop; a building, equipped with a counter and facilities for unloading parcels and goods, was built at this time.

Faux became an unmanned stopping point again in 1964.[2] The station building has since been demolished.

Service

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Faux is served by SNCB Suburban (S61) (Réseau express régional de Charleroi [fr]), Heure de pointe ("Rush Hour") (P) and Tourist ("Touristiques") (ICT) trains moving on line 140 (Charleroi-Sud - Ottignies).[3]

During the week, the service includes:

  • S61 trains between Namur or Jambes and Ottignies via Charleroi-Sud (every hour); every day, three trains are extended toward Wavre or Basse-Wavre;
  • Three additional S61 trains between Charleroi-Sud and Ottignies (in the morning);
  • Three additional S61 trains between Ottignies and Charleroi-Sud (late afternoon).
  • On weekends and public holidays, the service consists of S61 trains between Namur and Ottignies via Charleroi-Sud (every two hours).

During holidays, a single ICT train connects Charleroi-Sud to Bierges-Walibi and Wavre, in the morning, with a return trip in the evening.

Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station
Court-Saint-Etienne
towards Ottignies
L 14 Charleroi-Sud
towards Jambes

References

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  1. ^ "Court-St-Étienne: vol de 200 mètres de câbles sur la ligne ferroviaire 140". La Capitale (in French). Retrieved October 15, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "ST/H/PA - Faux". spoorweggeschiedenis.quartam.on-rev.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Brochures de ligne". www.belgiantrain.be (in French). June 14, 202. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
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