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Railway station in Namur, Belgium For the Canadian metro station, see Namur station (Montreal Metro).

Namur

Railway Station

Namur railway station

General information

Location

Place de la Station,
5000 Namur
Belgium

Coordinates

50°28′09″N 4°51′45″E / 50.46913°N 4.86247°E / 50.46913; 4.86247

Elevation

90 m

Owned by

SNCB/NMBS

Operated by

SNCB/NMBS

Line(s)

125, 130, 154, 161, 162

Platforms

Tracks

Other information

Station code

FNR

History

Opened

23 October 1843; 181 years ago (1843-10-23)

Passengers

2009

7.11 million

Location
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Namur railway station (French: Gare de Namur; Dutch: Station Namen) is the main railway station serving Namur, Belgium. The station is used by 18,600 people every day, making it the eighth-busiest station in Belgium and the busiest in Wallonia. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).

History

The first railway connection to Namur was inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian State Railways (Chemins de fer de l'État Belge) opened an indirect line from Brussels to Charleroi (via Braine-le-Comte), continuing to Namur. In 1850, the Compagnie du Nord-Belge inaugurated 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 line 162 Namur–Arlon–Luxembourg. In 1862, the Nord-Belge created line 154 Namur–Dinant. The current station building was inaugurated in 1864. In 1869, the Belgian State Railways put into service a sixth line (142) connecting Namur to Tienen; line 142 was completely closed in 1988.

At the end of the 1990s, the passenger building was restored and enlarged by a slab covering the tracks. The station was served by a daily Thalys high-speed rail service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015. With the commissioning of the Schuman-Josaphat tunnel in Brussels on 3 April 2016, Namur obtained a direct link with Brussels Airport.

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)
Intercity services (K82) Maubeuge – Charleroi – Namur
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
Gemblouxtowards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid		IC 16	Cineytowards Luxembourg
Gemblouxtowards Brussels National Airport		IC 17weekdays	Jambestowards Dinant
Gemblouxtowards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid		IC 17weekends	Jambestowards Dinant
Gemblouxtowards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid		IC 18weekdays	Andennetowards Liège-Saint-Lambert
Taminestowards Lille-Flandres		IC 19	Terminus
Jemeppe-sur-Sambretowards Mons		IC 25weekdays, except holidays	Andennetowards Herstal
Jemeppe-sur-Sambretowards Mouscron		IC 25weekends	Andennetowards Liers
Terminus		L 01	Marche-les-Damestowards Liège-Guillemins
Rhisnestowards Ottignies		L 08	Terminus
Terminus		L 11	Jambestowards Libramont
Ronettowards Ottignies		L 14weekdays, except holidays	JambesTerminus
Ronettowards Ottignies		L 14weekends	Terminus
Terminus		L 16weekdays, except holidays	Jambes-Esttowards Assesse
Terminus		L 16weekends	Jambes-Esttowards Ciney
Preceding station	TER Hauts-de-France		Following station
Charleroi-Southtowards Maubeuge		KronoK82	Terminus