Noorderkempen railway station

Noorderkempen
General information
Location	Brecht, Antwerp, Belgium
Coordinates	51°21′25″N4°37′58″E / 51.35694°N 4.63278°E / 51.35694; 4.63278
System	Railway Station
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line	HSL 4
Platforms	2
Tracks	4
History
Opened	15 June 2009
Services
Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station Terminus IC 15 Antwerpen-Luchtbal towards Antwerpen-Centraal Preceding station NS International Following station Antwerpen-Centraal towards Brussels-South Eurocity 9200 Breda towards Rotterdam Centraal
Location

Noorderkempen is a railway station near the town of Brecht, Antwerp province, Belgium. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS) and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).

The station makes the Northern Kempen region connected to the rail network via the HSL 4 route and is the only true high-speed station in Belgium. However, it is not served by any true high-speed train, functioning rather as a park and ride for Antwerp and to a lesser extent Breda. The Thalys services (300 km/h) skip the station as the IC services (160 km/h - 200 km/h) serve the station.

This station features four tracks: the outside ones, with side platforms, are used by trains stopping there, while the central ones, with no platforms, are used by nonstop high-speed trains.

Train services

The following services currently the serve the station:

• Intercity services (IC-15) Noorderkempen - Antwerp
• Intercity Direct International 9200 Brussels-Midi - Amsterdam Centraal

Gallery

• 
  Sales point and information booth.
• 
  Entrance to the tunnel under the tracks.
• 
  General view of the tracks.
• 
  Train departing to Antwerp.

External links

• "Noorderkempen railway station". Belgian Railways. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.