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General information | |||||
Location | Ottignies, Walloon Brabant Belgium | ||||
Coordinates | 50°40′27″N4°34′08″E / 50.67417°N 4.56889°E | ||||
Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
Line(s) | 139, 140, 161 | ||||
Platforms | 5 | ||||
Tracks | 10 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | LT | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 14 June 1855 | ||||
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Ottignies railway station (French : Gare d'Ottignies; Dutch : Station Ottignies) [lower-alpha 1] is a railway station in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. [1]
The station was opened in 1855 by the Grande Compagnie de Luxembourg, and from 1884, had a station building designed by the architect Charles Licot. This building was destroyed in 1996 and replaced by a new, modern and functional building inaugurated in 1999. In 2014, it was the second busiest station in Wallonia after Namur and before Liège-Guillemins, and the tenth-busiest in Belgium.
Ottignies is an important station on the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS) network. It is served by InterCity (IC), suburban (S), local (L), rush hour (P) and touristic (ICT) trains. The station is a keilbahnhof : it lies along railway line 161 (Brussels to Namur) and at the ends of railway lines 139 (Leuven to Ottignies) and 140 (Ottignies to Marcinelle). South of Ottignies, stroke line 161D goes to Louvain-la-Neuve.
The first station in Ottignies was opened on 14 June 1855 by the Grande Compagnie de Luxembourg, a few days after the opening of the section of track between La Hulpe and Gembloux of its railway from Brussels to Luxembourg. From August 1855, it became an important railway hub with the opening of the line from Charleroi to Leuven.
In 1884, the temporary structures were replaced by a neoclassical building designed by the architect Charles Licot. Over the years, Licot's building was extensively modified.
A project for a new station was considered in the 1980s. It was approved in 1991, with plans to demolish the existing station building and build a new one. Construction started in 1996 and the station opened in 1999. It is a postmodern concrete bicolour cross-shaped building with large windows.
Lying at an altitude of 67 metres, Ottignies is a junction-point located at the kilometric point (PK) 28.484 of the railway line 161 (Brussels to Namur) between the stations of Profondsart and Mont-Saint-Guibert; at the PK 0.000 of the railway line 140 (Ottignies to Marcinelle), the next station on that line being Céroux-Mousty, and at the PK 28.935 of the railway line 139 (Leuven to Ottignies), the previous station being Limal.
Arranged in an X shape, Ottignies railway station has the particularity of having its passenger building located in the centre of the tracks. The first five tracks, used by trains operating on line 161 (and 161D) are located on the western side of the building. Tracks 6 and 8, generally used by trains operating on line 139, come to a dead-end right behind the station building. Track 7 is a siding. Tracks 9, 10 and 11 are located on the eastern side of the building and are used by the trains operating on line 140. Track 11 can only be used by trains operating on line 139 or 140. The tracks are numbered from the west.
The station is served by the following services:
Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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Brussels-Luxembourg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | IC 16 | Gembloux towards Luxembourg | ||
Etterbeek towards Brussels National Airport | IC 17 weekdays | Gembloux towards Dinant | ||
Etterbeek towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | IC 17 weekends | |||
IC 18 weekdays | Gembloux towards Liège-Saint-Lambert | |||
Terminus | L 08 | Mont-Saint-Guibert towards Namur | ||
Céroux-Mousty towards Namur | ||||
Profondsart towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | S 8 | Louvain-la-Neuve towards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université | ||
Limal towards Leuven | S 20 | Terminus | ||
Profondsart towards Schaarbeek | S 81 weekdays |
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