Ottignies railway station
Ottignies | |
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 Railway Station | |
 Ottignies railway station | |
| Location | Ottignies, Walloon Brabant, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°40′27″N 4°34′08″E / 50.67417°N 4.56889°ECoordinates: 50°40′27″N 4°34′08″E / 50.67417°N 4.56889°E |
| Owned by | National Railway Company of Belgium |
| Line(s) | 139, 140, 161 |
| Platforms | 10 |
| History | |
| Opened | 14 June 1855 |
Ottignies is a railway station in the town of Ottignies, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 14 June 1855 on the Lines 139, 140 and 161.
The station is an important railway junction, and an example of a wedge station. It lies along railway line 161 and at the ends of railway line 139 (Leuven) and railway line 140 (to Marcinelle). South of Ottignies stroke line 161D goes to Louvain-la-Neuve-Université.
On 30 March 2000 a new station building was inaugurated. It replaced the old station building that was already there since 1884.
In 2007 this was the busiest station in Wallonia after Namur and Liège-Guillemins. In the Belgian arrangement it comes in eighth place.
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)
- Local services (L-08) Ottignies - Gembloux - Namur
- Local services (L-14) Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi - Tamines - Namur - Jambes
- Brussels RER services (S8) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve
- Brussels RER services (S20) Leuven - Wavre - Ottignies
- Brussels RER services (S81) Schaarbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Ottignies (weekdays, peak hours only)
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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| IC 16 | toward Luxembourg |
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weekdays toward Brussels National Airport | IC 17 | toward Dinant |
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weekends |
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| IC 18 weekdays | toward Liège-Palais |
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| Terminus | L 08 | Mont-Saint-Guibert toward Namur |
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| Terminus | L 08 | Céroux Mousty toward Namur |
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Profondsart | S 8 | Louvain-la-Neuve-Université Terminus |
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Limal toward Leuven | S 20 | Terminus | ||
Profondsart toward Schaarbeek | S 81 weekdays | Terminus |
See also
References
External links
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Media related to Ottignies train station at Wikimedia Commons
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