Landen railway station

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Landen
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Railway Station
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Landen railway station
General information
Location Landen, Flemish Brabant
Belgium
Coordinates 50°44′52″N5°04′46″E / 50.74778°N 5.07944°E / 50.74778; 5.07944
Owned by Infrabel
Operated by National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s) 21 (Landen-Hasselt)
36 (Brussels-Liège)
Platforms5
Other information
Station codeFLD
Website http://www.belgianrail.be/en/stations-and-train/search-a-station/4/landen.aspx
History
Opened2 April 1838;186 years ago (1838-04-02)
Passengers
20142,994
Location
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Landen
Location within Belgium

Landen is a railway station in the town of Landen, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 2 April 1838 and is located on lines 21 and 36. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS).

Contents

Landen used to be located on 127 (to Statte) and 147 (to Tamines).

On 19 February 2016 a train ran away from a platform at Landen railway station after the driver left the cabin to inspect the train's mechanics. The train started moving in the direction of Tienen railway station and was stopped 30 minutes and 12 km later by a driver who jumped in the train's cab. [1] No passengers were on the train during the incident. [2]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Preceding station SNCB logo.svg NMBS/SNCB Following station
Tienen
towards Blankenberge or Knokke
IC 03 Sint-Truiden
towards Genk
Tienen
towards Quiévrain
IC 14
weekdays
Waremme
Neerwinden
towards De Panne
IC 29 Terminus
Terminus L 21
weekends
Waremme

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References

  1. "Belgian runaway train prompts alert". 2016-02-19.
  2. "Lege trein rijdt half uur zonder bestuurder". 2016-02-19.