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| Location | Nijlen, Antwerp Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°09′34″N4°39′56″E / 51.15944°N 4.66556°E | ||||||||||||||
| Owned by | National Railway Company of Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 23 April 1855 | ||||||||||||||
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Nijlen is a railway station in Nijlen, Antwerp, Belgium. [1] The station opened in 1855 on the Line 15.
The following services currently the serve the station:
The following bus services call at the station. They are operated by De Lijn.
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