Virton railway station

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Virton
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Railway Station
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Virton railway station
General information
LocationAvenue Bouvier
6762 Virton
Belgium
Coordinates 49°33′38″N5°31′10″E / 49.560464°N 5.519355°E / 49.560464; 5.519355
Owned by SNCB/NMBS
Operated by SNCB/NMBS
Other information
Website Official website

Virton railway station (French : Gare de Virton; Dutch : Station Virton) [lower-alpha 1] is a railway station in Virton, Luxembourg, Belgium. It is located on railway line 165, from Athus to Libramont. It was commissioned in 1879 by the Society of Railway Virton, and was formerly called Virton-Saint-Mard railway station (French: Gare de Virton-Saint-Mard; Dutch: Station Virton-Saint-Mard) [lower-alpha 2] . It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS) and served by the following types of trains: Omnibus (L) and Rush Hour trains (P).

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Railway station

At an altitude of 204 metres (669 ft), the station is located in Virton, kilometer marker (PK) 24.70 on Infrabel line 165 from Athus to Libramont between Halanzy and Florenville stations. A hub station, it was the origin of the Invrabel line 155, from Marbehan to Virton and the French border, which is partially closed and decommissioned and which only retains the connection to the Burgo factory. The old railway station of Virton-Ville was on this line.

History

In 1984, after the closure of steel plants of Athus and Longwy the passenger traffic between the stations of Virton and Athus was terminated. [1]

The station's restoration and modernisation, at a cost of €170,000, was finished in September 2006. [2] The main renovations are to the passenger building, the marquee located on platform 1, and the parking. [3] On 11 December 2006, the passenger service between Virton and Athus was renewed and to the city of Luxembourg. [4]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Preceding station SNCB logo.svg NMBS/SNCB Following station
Florenville
towards Libramont
L 13
weekdays, except holidays
 Halanzy
towards Arlon
L 13
weekends
Terminus

Travellers' services

Hospitality

A SNCB station, [5] Virton station offers travelers a ticket office, open daily. Handicap facilities, equipment and services are available.

Serving

Virton is served by trains, omnibuses (L) and Heure de pointe (Rush Hour) (P) of the SNCB undertaking service on line 165. [6]

Transportation connections

Parking for vehicles is available, [5] as well as a bus service. [5]

See also

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References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Officially Virton
  2. ↑ Officially Virton-Saint-Mard

Citations

  1. ↑ "La liaison de chemin de fer entre Virton et Luxembourg (The rail link between Virton and Luxembourg)" (in French). Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  2. ↑ "NEWS : 170.000 euros de travaux pour la gare de Virton en Belgique (NEWS: 170,000 worth of work for the station in Virton Belgium)". PASSION-TRAINS (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  3. ↑ "La gare de Virton modernisée (Virton Station Modernized)". Informations sur l'infrastructure (in French). Chemins de fer belges. 30 September 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lundi, Virton-gare va revivre (Monday Virton Station Will Revive)" (in French). Le Soir. 9 December 2006. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 "Virton". SNCB Mobility (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Brochures de ligne (Route Schedules)". SNCB Mobility (in French). Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
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