Nivelles railway station

Nivelles
Nivelles railway station
General information
Location	Nivelles, Walloon Brabant Belgium
Coordinates	50°36′04″N4°20′07″E / 50.60111°N 4.33528°E / 50.60111; 4.33528
System	Railway Station
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Line	124
Platforms	4
Tracks	4
Other information
Station code	FNVT
Website	Official website
History
Opened	1 June 1874;151 years ago (1874-06-01)
Passengers
2014	4,184 per day
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Nivelles railway station (French : Gare de Nivelles; Dutch : Station Nijvel) ^[a] is a railway station in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 1 June 1874 and is located on railway line 124. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS). ^[1]

The station used to be known as Nivelles-East railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles-Est; Dutch: Station Nijvel-Oost) ^[b] when there was also a Nivelles-North railway station on the former line 141. The railway line between Nivelles–Waterloo–Linkebeek (south of Brussels) is currently (2015) being enlarged to allow a higher frequency of local and intercity trains.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-27) Brussls Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
• Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
• Brussels RER services (S1) Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekends)
• Brussels RER services (S9) Landen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles (weekdays)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Braine-l'Alleud towards Antwerpen-Centraal		IC 05 weekdays		Luttre towards Charleroi-Sud
Lillois towards Brussels National Airport		IC 27 weekdays		Obaix-Buzet towards Charleroi-Sud
Braine-l'Alleud towards Antwerpen-Centraal		IC 31 weekends		Luttre towards Charleroi-Sud
Lillois towards Antwerpen-Centraal		S 1 weekdays		Terminus
Lillois towards Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord		S 1 weekends
Lillois towards Braine-l'Alleud		S 9 weekdays

See also

• Belgium portal

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

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Nivelles (French: Nivelles; Dutch: Nijvel)
2. Officially Nivelles-Est (French: Nivelles-Est; Dutch: Nijvel-Oost)

Citations

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