Nivelles railway station

Railway station in Walloon Brabant, Belgium

50°36′04″N 4°20′07″E / 50.60111°N 4.33528°E / 50.60111; 4.33528Owned bySNCB/NMBSOperated bySNCB/NMBSLine(s)124Platforms4Tracks4Other informationStation codeFNVTWebsiteOfficial websiteHistoryOpened1 June 1874; 150 years ago (1874-06-01)Passengers20144,184 per day Map

Location
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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.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-27) Brussls Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
Brussels RER services (S1) Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekends)
Brussels RER services (S9) Landen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles (weekdays)

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