Namur railway station (Belgium)

Namur is the main railway station serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600[1] people every day which makes it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the busiest in Wallonia.[1]

Namur
Railway Station
LocationPlace de la Station
5000 Namur
Belgium
Coordinates50.46913°N 4.86247°E / 50.46913; 4.86247
Elevation90 m
Owned byInfrabel
Operated byNational Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)125, 130, 154, 161, 162
Platforms6
Tracks11
Other information
Station codeFNR
History
Opened23 October 1843
Traffic
Passengers (2009)7.11 millions

History
Namur railway station in 1904
Sortie de la gare, Namur, 1938 artwork by pictorialist Léonard Misonne
  • The first station opened on 23 October 1843.
  • The first railway connection to Namur is inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian State Railways (Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) opens an indirect line from Brussels to Charleroi (via Braine-le-Comte), continuing to Namur.
  • In 1850, the Compagnie du Nord-Belge inaugurates the line 125, connecting Namur to Liège.
  • In 1856, a third company reached Namur (Grande compagnie du Luxembourg) with a direct link to Brussels with line 161. Two years later, the company opened the line 162 Namur – Arlon – Luxembourg.
  • In 1862, the Nord-Belge creates the line 154 Namur – Dinant.
  • In 1864, inauguration of the actual main building.
  • In 1869, the Belgian state railway company puts into service a sixth line (142) connecting Namur to Tienen. It was completely closed in 1988.

The station was served by a daily Thalys high-speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.[2]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Intercity services (IC-16) Brussels – Namur – Arlon – Luxembourg
  • Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels Airport – Brussels-Luxembourg – Namur – Dinant (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels – Namur – Dinant (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels – Namur – Liege (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-01) Namur – Huy – Liège
  • Local services (L-08) Ottignies – Gembloux – Namur
  • Local services (L-11) Namur – Dinant – Bertrix – Libramont
  • Local services (L-14) Ottignies – Fleurus – Charleroi – Tamines – Namur – Jambes
  • Local services (L-16) Namur – Assesse (- Ciney)
Preceding station   NMBS/SNCB   Following station
IC 16
Ciney
toward Luxembourg
weekdays
IC 17
toward Dinant
weekends
IC 18
weekdays
Andenne
toward Liège-Palais
Tamines
toward Lille Flandres
IC 19Terminus
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Mons
IC 25
Andenne
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Liège-Palais
Jemeppe-sur-Sambre
On weekends and holidays
toward Mouscron
Andenne
On weekends and holidays
toward Liers
TerminusL 01
Marche-les-Dames
Rhisnes
toward Ottignies
L 08Terminus
TerminusL 11
toward Libramont
Ronet
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Ottignies
L 14
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
Terminus
Terminus
TerminusL 16
Jambes-Est
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Assesse
Jambes-Est
On weekends and holidays
toward Ciney

In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons).

See also
  • List of railway stations in Belgium

References
  1. lavenir.net (20 November 2013). "Bruxelles-Midi est la gare la plus fréquentée du pays, Namur 1re wallonne" (in French).
  2. Dries De Smet (31 March 2015). "Thalys doet laatste keer Oostende en Namen aan" [Thalys stops at Ostend and Namur for the last time]. De Standaard (in Dutch).
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