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Railway station in East Flanders, Belgium

Sint-Niklaas
Railway Station
Sint-Niklaas railway station
General information
LocationLeopold II-laan,
9100 Sint-Niklaas
Belgium
Coordinates51°10′19″N 4°8′39″E / 51.17194°N 4.14417°E / 51.17194; 4.14417
Owned byNMBS/SNCB
Operated byNMBS/SNCB
Line(s)59, 54
Platforms3 centre platforms
Tracks6
Other information
Station codeFSN
History
Opened3 November 1844; 180 years ago (1844-11-03)
Rebuilt1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Electrified1970
Passengers
20091.9 million
Location
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Sint-Niklaas railway station (Dutch: Station Sint-Niklaas; French: Gare de Saint-Nicolas) is a railway station in Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Belgium. The original station opened on 3 November 1844 on railway line 59. The current station was built in 1972 by the architects Ludwig Van Wilder and Omer De Grootte. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).

Train services

The following services currently serve the station:

  • Intercity services (IC-02) Ostend - Bruges - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerpen
  • Intercity services (IC-04) Lille/Poperinge - Kortrijk - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp
  • Intercity services (IC-26) Kortrijk - Tournai - Halle - Brussels - Dendermonde - Lokeren - Sint Niklaas (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-28) Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-20) Sint-Niklaas – Mechelen – Leuven (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-27) Sint-Niklaas - Mechelen (weekends)
  • Local services (L-30) Lokeren - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp
Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station
Lokerentowards Oostende IC 02 Beverentowards Antwerpen-Centraal
Lokerentowards Lille-Flandres or Poperinge IC 04 Antwerpen-Berchemtowards Antwerpen-Centraal
Belseletowards Kortrijk IC 26weekdays Terminus
Lokerentowards De Panne IC 28weekdays Antwerpen-Zuidtowards Antwerpen-Centraal
Terminus L 20weekdays Temsetowards Leuven
L 27weekends Temsetowards Mechelen
Belseletowards Lokeren L 30 Nieuwkerken-Waastowards Antwerpen-Centraal

Gallery

  • Frontal view Frontal view
  • View of the platforms and tracks View of the platforms and tracks
  • Place name sign on a platform Place name sign on a platform

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Officially Sint-Niklaas (Dutch: Sint-Niklaas; French: Saint-Nicolas)

Citations

  1. "SINT-NIKLAAS". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

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