Nivelles railway station
Railway station in Walloon Brabant, Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nivelles railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles, Dutch: Station Nijvel)[lower-alpha 1] 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]
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Location | Nivelles, Walloon Brabant Belgium | ||||
Coordinates | 50°36′04″N 4°20′07″E | ||||
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; 149 years ago (1874-06-01) | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2014 | 4,184 per day | ||||
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The station used to be known as Nivelles-East railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles-Est, Dutch: Station Nijvel-Oost)[lower-alpha 2] 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.