Mons railway station

Mons
Railway Station
Previous Mons Railway Station
Location Belgium
Coordinates 50°16′19″N 3°33′49″E / 50.2719°N 3.5636°E / 50.2719; 3.5636Coordinates: 50°16′19″N 3°33′49″E / 50.2719°N 3.5636°E / 50.2719; 3.5636
Owned by Infrabel
Operated by National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s) 96, 97, 118
Platforms 7
Tracks 21
Other information
Station code FMS
History
Opened 19 December 1841
Traffic
Passengers (2009) 8.556

Mons is a railway station in the French speaking town of Mons, Wallonia, Belgium. The station opened on 19 December 1841 on the Lines 96, 97 and 118. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB).

The station was served by a daily Thalys high speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.[1]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Intercity services (IC-06A) Mons - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-14) Quiévrain - Mons - Braine-le-Comte - Brussels - Leuven - Liège (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
  • Local services (L-18) Quiévrain - Saint-Ghislain - Mons (weekends)
  • Local services (L-26) Quévy - Mons - La Louvière (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-26) Mons - La Louvière (weekends)
  • Local services (L-29) Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-29) Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekends)
Preceding station   NMBS/SNCB   Following station
TerminusIC 06A
Jurbise
Jemappes
toward Quiévrain
IC 14
weekdays
Jurbise
Saint-Ghislain
IC 19
La Louvière-Sud
toward Namur
TerminusIC 25
La Louvière-Sud
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Liège-Palais
Jemappes
On weekends and holidays
toward Mouscron
La Louvière-Sud
On weekends and holidays
toward Liers
Saint-Ghislain
toward Quiévrain
L 18
weekends
Terminus
Frameries
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Quévy
L 26
Nimy
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward La Louvière-Sud
Terminus
Nimy
On weekends and holidays
toward La Louvière-Sud
Jemappes
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Tournai
L 29
Ghlin
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Geraardsbergen
Terminus
Erbisoeul
On weekends and holidays
toward Geraardsbergen

Architecture

Work is currently underway to replace the 1950s Station Building, designed by a local architect, with a new structure designed by Santiago Calatrava, said to be inspired by a swooping bird [2].

This was planned to be completed in time for the 2015 European Cultural Capital events, but at present, although the previous station has been demolished, only parts of the planned bridges have been built, with a temporary station and set of temporary bridges providing substitute service for now.

The budget for the new station has grown by more than 4 times (from 37 millions Euros to 155 millions Euros)[3], and the earliest likely completion date is 2018.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Thalys doet laatste keer Oostende en Namen aan". De Standaard.
  2. ↑ "Mons: it's the European capital of culture – but locals just want to go to Ikea". The Guardian.
  3. ↑ "La gare Calatrava à Mons: un projet contesté et suspect".
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