Waterloo railway station, Belgium

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Waterloo
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Waterloo railway station
General information
Location Waterloo, Walloon Brabant
Belgium
Coordinates 50°42′53″N4°23′00″E / 50.71472°N 4.38333°E / 50.71472; 4.38333
Owned by SNCB/NMBS
Operated by SNCB/NMBS
Line(s) 124
Platforms2
Tracks2
Other information
Station codeFWT
Website Official website
History
Opened1 February 1874;150 years ago (1874-02-01)
Passengers
20141,965 per day
Waterloo railway station, Belgium
Location
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Waterloo (Europe)

Waterloo railway station (French : Gare de Waterloo; Dutch : Station Waterloo) [lower-alpha 1] is a railway station in Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 1 February 1874 and is located on railway line 124. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS). [1]

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The station is large, with platforms able to accommodate trains much longer than any currently scheduled to operate to (or through) the station. It is fully staffed, with the booking office open seven days a week.

The railway line between Nivelles–Waterloo–Linkebeek (south of Brussels) is currently being enlarged to allow a higher frequency of local and intercity trains.

The old Waterloo train station, demolished in 2021 Waterloo-railway-station-Belgium.JPG
The old Waterloo train station, demolished in 2021

Train services

There is at least one train every hour in each direction at Waterloo. The station is served by the following services:

Preceding station SNCB logo.svg NMBS/SNCB Following station
Sint-Genesius-Rode IC 27
weekdays
Braine-l'Alleud
towards Charleroi-Sud
De Hoek S 1
weekdays
Braine-l'Alleud
towards Nivelles
De Hoek S 1
weekends
Sint-Genesius-Rode
towards Leuven
S 9
weekdays
Braine-l'Alleud
Terminus

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References

Footnotes

  1. Officially Waterloo

Citations

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