| Railway Station | |||||
| Nivelles railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Nivelles, Walloon Brabant Belgium | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°36′04″N4°20′07″E / 50.60111°N 4.33528°E | ||||
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Line(s) | 124 | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FNVT | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1 June 1874 | ||||
| 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.
The station is served by the following services:
| Preceding station | | 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 | |||