Genk railway station

Genk
Genk railway station
General information
Location	Genk, Limburg Belgium
Coordinates	50°58′01″N5°29′47″E / 50.96694°N 5.49639°E / 50.96694; 5.49639
System	Railway Station
Owned by	NMBS/SNCB
Operated by	NMBS/SNCB
Line	21D
Platforms	3
Other information
Station code	FKG
History
Opened	3 March 1874;151 years ago (1874-03-03)
Closed	6 October 1941;84 years ago (1941-10-06)
Rebuilt	26 May 1979;46 years ago (1979-05-26)
Passengers
2014	1,081 per day
Location Genk Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Genk Genk (Europe) Show map of Europe

Genk railway station (Dutch : Station Genk; French : Gare de Genk) ^[a] is a railway station in Genk, Limburg, Belgium. The station opened on 3 March 1874 and is located on railway line 21D. The station was closed on 6 October 1941 and reopened on 26 May 1979. 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-03) Blankeberge/Knokke - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Hasselt - Genk

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Bokrijk towards Blankenberge or Knokke		IC 03		Terminus

• These are complemented by a few peak-hour trains to Hasselt, and beyond to Brussels, departing in the early morning and returning in late afternoon.

Gallery

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  Entrance
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  View of the platforms
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  Place name sign on a platform
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  View of the platforms and tracks

See also

• Belgium portal

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

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Genk

Citations

1. "GENK". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

External links

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