Charleroi-West railway station

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Charleroi-West
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Railway Station
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Charleroi-West railway station
General information
LocationPlace de l'Ouest,
6000 Charleroi
Belgium
Coordinates 50°24′38″N4°26′11″E / 50.41056°N 4.43639°E / 50.41056; 4.43639
Owned by SNCB/NMBS
Operated by SNCB/NMBS
Line(s) 140, 260
Platforms1
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes
History
Opened20 August 1855;168 years ago (1855-08-20)
Rebuilt1866;158 years ago (1866)
Services
Preceding station SNCB logo.svg NMBS/SNCB Following station
Lodelinsart
towards Ottignies
L 14 Charleroi-Sud
towards Jambes
Charleroi-West railway station
Location
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Charleroi-West
Location within Belgium
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Charleroi-West
Charleroi-West (Europe)

Charleroi-West railway station (French : Gare de Charleroi-Ouest, Dutch : Station Charleroi-West) [lower-alpha 1] is a secondary railway station serving Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium. It is one of two railway stations located in downtown Charleroi, the other one being the much larger Charleroi-Central railway station. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).

Contents

Charleroi-West is also a station of the Charleroi metro.

Rail station

Charleroi-West railway station at the beginning of the 20th century Charleroi - gare de l'Ouest - vers 1900.jpg
Charleroi-West railway station at the beginning of the 20th century

Charleroi-West is a small, unstaffed station with no building or other services of its own, served only by Belgian railway line 140 linking Charleroi to Ottignies. Charleroi-West used to be a dead-end station (and thus the terminus of line 140) until 27 May 1987, when a rail connection to Charleroi-South was opened (since renamed Charleroi-Central). The 6 km industrial line 260 links Charleroi-Ouest with the freight classification yard of Monceau-sur-Sambre.

Because of its proximity to Charleroi-Central and the limited train service, Charleroi-West sees very little passenger traffic, with a weekday average of 75 boarding passengers on weekdays (20 on Saturdays, 30 on Sundays) in 2007. [1]

The original station, inaugurated in 1855, was located slightly to the South. [2] The current station was built between 1884 and 1886.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

Metro station

Ouest
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General information
PlatformsCentral
Tracks2
Construction
Platform levels2
ParkingNo
History
Opened30 June 1980
Services
Preceding station Charleroi Metro Following station
Piges
One-way operation
 M1 Villette
towards Monument
Beaux-Arts
towards Monument
M2 Villette
One-way operation
Beaux-Arts
towards Faubourg de Bruxelles
M3
Beaux-Arts
One-way operation
 M4 Villette
towards Soleilmont

West (French : Ouest) is a Charleroi Metro station, located at the western end of Charleroi downtown, in fare zone 1. The station is accessible through three distinct street entrances leading to a mezzanine, giving access to the central platform via escalators.

The station has been renovated in 2009, [3] with a new decoration based on works of local artist Charles Szymkowicz. The mezzanine level hosts 11 reproductions of Szymkowicz's watercolor paintings depicting Tuscany landscapes, made by Belgian ceramist Maurice Joly. One of the station entrances is adorned with a 3.5 x 4m fresco depicting Szymkowicz and his mother passing the so-called "viaduct" bridge where the station is now located.

Nearby points of interest

Transfers

TEC Charleroi bus lines 41, 43, 83, 85, 86 and Midi-Docherie.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Officially Charleroi-West (French: Charleroi-Ouest, Dutch: Charleroi-West)

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