Namur railway station

Namur
Namur
Railway Station
General information
Location	Place de la Station; 5000 Namur; Belgium
Coordinates	50°28′09″N 4°51′45″E / 50.46913°N 4.86247°E
Elevation	90 m
Owned by	Infrabel
Operated by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	125, 130, 154, 161, 162
Platforms	6
Tracks	11
Other information
Station code	FNR
History
Opened	23 October 1843
Passengers
2009	7.11 millions

Namur is the main railway station serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600^[1] people every day which makes it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the busiest in Wallonia.^[1]

History

The first station opened on 23 October 1843.
The first railway connection to Namur is inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian State Railways (Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) opens an indirect line from Brussels to Charleroi (via Braine-le-Comte), continuing to Namur.
In 1850, the Compagnie du Nord-Belge inaugurates the line 125, connecting Namur to Liège.
In 1856, a third company reached Namur (Grande compagnie du Luxembourg) with a direct link to Brussels with line 161. Two years later, the company opened the line 162 Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg.
In 1862, the Nord-Belge creates the line 154 Namur - Dinant.
In 1864, inauguration of the actual main building.
In 1869, the Belgian state railway company puts into service a sixth line (142) connecting Namur to Tienen. It was completely closed in 1988.

The station was served by a daily Thalys high-speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.^[2]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

EuroCity services (IC-34) Brussels - Namur - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel
Intercity services (IC-16) Brussels - Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg
Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Namur - Dinant (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels - Namur - Dinant (weekends)
Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liege (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
Intercity services (IC-25) Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
Local services (L-01) Namur - Huy - Liège
Local services (L-08) Ottignies - Gembloux - Namur
Local services (L-11) Namur - Dinant - Bertrix - Libramont
Local services (L-14) Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi - Tamines - Namur - Jambes
Local services (L-16) Namur - Assesse (- Ciney)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB	Following station
Gembloux toward Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid	EuroCity	Ciney toward Basel SBB
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Template:BE-IC stations weekends toward Template:BE-IC stations	Template:BE-IC lines	Template:BE-IC stations toward Template:BE-IC stations
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Terminus	Template:BE-L lines	Template:BE-L stations toward Template:BE-L stations
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	Template:BE-L lines	Terminus
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In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons).

References

^ ^a ^b lavenir.net (20 November 2013). "Bruxelles-Midi est la gare la plus fréquentée du pays, Namur 1re wallonne" (in French).
^ Article about final Thalys to Ostend

External links

Media related to Namur train station at Wikimedia Commons
Template:En icon Namur Station on SNCB website

[fréquentation2012-1] venir.net (20 November 2013). "Bruxelles-Midi est la gare la plus fréquentée du pays, Namur 1re wallonne" (in French).

[2] Article about final Thalys to Ostend

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History

Train services

See also

References

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