Namur railway station (French: Gare de Namur, Dutch: Station Namen)[a] is the main railway station 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.[1] It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).[2]
Namur | |||||
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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 / 50.46913; 4.86247 | ||||
Elevation | 90 m | ||||
Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
Line(s) | 125, 130, 154, 161, 162 | ||||
Platforms | 6 | ||||
Tracks | 11 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | FNR | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 23 October 1843; 180 years ago (1843-10-23) | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2009 | 7.11 million | ||||
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The first railway connection to Namur was inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian State Railways (Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) opened an indirect line from BrusselstoCharleroi (via Braine-le-Comte), continuing to Namur. In 1850, the Compagnie du Nord-Belge inaugurated 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 line 162 Namur–Arlon–Luxembourg. In 1862, the Nord-Belge 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 Tienen; line 142 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 Thalys high-speed rail service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.[3] With the commissioning of the Schuman-Josaphat tunnel in Brussels on 3 April 2016, Namur obtained a direct link with Brussels Airport.
The station is served by the following services:
Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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Gembloux
towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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IC 16 | Ciney
towards Luxembourg
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Gembloux
towards Brussels National Airport
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IC 17 weekdays |
Jambes
towards Dinant
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Gembloux
towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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IC 17 weekends |
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IC 18 weekdays |
Andenne
towards Liège-Saint-Lambert
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Tamines
towards Lille-Flandres
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IC 19 | Terminus | ||
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
towards Mons
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IC 25 weekdays, except holidays |
Andenne
towards Herstal
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Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
towards Mouscron
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IC 25 weekends |
Andenne
towards Liers
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Terminus | L 01 | Marche-les-Dames
towards Liège-Guillemins
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Rhisnes
towards Ottignies
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L 08 | Terminus | ||
Terminus | L 11 | Jambes
towards Libramont
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Ronet
towards Ottignies
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L 14 weekdays, except holidays |
Jambes
Terminus
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L 14 weekends |
Terminus | |||
Terminus | L 16 weekdays, except holidays |
Jambes-Est
towards Assesse
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L 16 weekends |
Jambes-Est
towards Ciney
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Preceding station | TER Hauts-de-France | Following station | ||
Charleroi-South
towards Maubeuge
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Krono K82 |
Terminus |
In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons).