Aarschot railway station

Aarschot
Railway Station
Aarschot railway station
General information
Location	Aarschot, Flemish Brabant Belgium
Coordinates	50°59′03″N4°49′26″E / 50.98417°N 4.82389°E / 50.98417; 4.82389
Owned by	NMBS/SNCB
Operated by	NMBS/SNCB
Line(s)	35
Platforms	5
Tracks	5
Other information
Station code	FRST
History
Opened	28 February 1863;161 years ago (1863-02-28)
Passengers
2009	5,039 per day
Location Aarschot Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Aarschot Aarschot (Europe) Show map of Europe

Aarschot railway station (Dutch : Station Aarschot; French : Gare d'Aerschot) ^[a] is a railway station in Aarschot, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 28 February 1863 and is located on railway line 35. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). ^[1]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services (IC-08) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels Airport - Leuven - Hasselt
• Intercity services (IC-09) Antwerp - Lier - Aarschot - Leuven (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-09) Antwerp - Lier - Aarschot - Hasselt - Tongeren - Liege (weekends)
• Intercity services (IC-20) Ghent - Aalst - Brussels - Hasselt - Tongeren (weekdays)
• Local services (L-03) Leuven - Aarschot - Diest - Hasselt
• Local services (L-23) Antwerp - Lier - Aarschot - Leuven

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Leuven towards Antwerpen-Centraal		IC 08 weekdays		Diest towards Hasselt
		IC 08 weekends		Langdorp towards Hasselt
Heist-op-den-Berg towards Antwerpen-Centraal		IC 09 weekdays, except holidays		Leuven Terminus
		IC 09 weekends		Diest towards Liège-Guillemins
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Gent-Sint-Pieters		IC 20 weekdays		Diest towards Tongeren
Wezemaal towards Leuven		L 03 weekdays		Langdorp towards Hasselt
Begijnendijk towards Antwerpen-Centraal		L 23		Wezemaal towards Leuven

Gallery

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  View of the platforms and tracks
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  Looking down at the platforms and tracks
• 
  Place name sign on a platform

See also

• Belgium portal

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Aarschot (Dutch: Aarschot; French: Aerschot)

Citations

1. "AARSCHOT". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

External links

• Media related to Aarschot train station at Wikimedia Commons
• Aarschot railway station at Belgian Railways website