Namur railway station (french: Gare de Namur, nl, Station Namen), officially Namur, is the main

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600 people every day, making it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the busiest in

Wallonia Wallonia (; french: Wallonie ), or ; nl, Wallonië ; wa, Waloneye or officially the Walloon Region (french: link=no, Région wallonne),; nl, link=no, Waals gewest; wa, link=no, Redjon walone is one of the three regions of Belgium—alo ...

. It is operated by the

National Railway Company of Belgium french: Société nationale des chemins de fer belgesgerman: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen , type = Statutory corporation , industry = Rail Transport , foundation = 1926 , founder = Government o ...

(SNCB/NMBS).

History

The first railway connection to Namur was inaugurated in 1843, when the

Belgian State Railways The Belgian State Railways ( nl, Belgische Staatsspoorwegen; french: Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) was the original state-owned railway of Belgium. Established by an organic law of 1 May 1834, it began construction of its first line, between Bru ...

(''Chemins de fer de l'État Belge'') opened an indirect line from

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

to Charleroi (via

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), continuing to Namur. In 1850, the inaugurated line 125, connecting Namur to Liège. In 1856, a third company reached Namur () with a direct link to Brussels with line 161. Two years later, the company opened line 162 Namur–

Arlon Arlon (; lb, Arel ; nl, Aarlen ; german: Arel ; wa, Årlon; la, Orolaunum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in and capital of the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes, Belgium. With a population of just over 28,000, it is th ...

–

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. In 1862, the created line 154 Namur– Dinant. The current station building was inaugurated in 1864. In 1869, the Belgian State Railways put into service a sixth line ( 142) connecting Namur to

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; it was completely closed in 1988. At the end of the 1990s, the passenger building was restored and enlarged by a slab covering the tracks. The station was served by a daily

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high-speed rail service to

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between 1998 and 31 March 2015. With the commissioning of the

Schuman-Josaphat tunnel The Schuman-Josaphat tunnel is a double track rail tunnel in Brussels, which entered into service on 4 April 2016. It links line 161 (Brussels-Namur) just after Meiser station and line 26 (Halle-Vilvoorde) at the Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark tunne ...

in Brussels on 3 April 2016, Namur obtained a direct link with Brussels Airport.

Train services

The station is served by the following services: *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) *Intercity services (K82) Maubeuge – Charleroi – Namur *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) In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons).

References

External links

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Namur Station on SNCB website
Railway stations in Belgium 1843 establishments in Belgium Railway stations in Namur (province) Buildings and structures in Namur (city) Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1843

History

Train services

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