Nivelles railway station
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 Nivelles railway station | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Nivelles, Walloon Brabant Belgium | ||||||
| Coordinates | 50°36′04″N 4°20′07″E / 50.60111°N 4.33528°E | ||||||
| System | Railway Station | ||||||
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||||
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||||
| Line | 124 | ||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Station code | FNVT | ||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 1 June 1874 | ||||||
| Passengers | |||||||
| 2014 | 4,184 per day | ||||||
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Nivelles railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles; Dutch: Station Nijvel)[a] is a railway station in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 1 June 1874 and is located on railway line 124. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).[1]
The station used to be known as Nivelles-East railway station (French: Gare de Nivelles-Est; Dutch: Station Nijvel-Oost)[b] when there was also a Nivelles-North railway station on the former line 141. The railway line between Nivelles–Waterloo–Linkebeek (south of Brussels) is currently (2015) being enlarged to allow a higher frequency of local and intercity trains.
