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 (1844-11-03)
Rebuilt1972 (1972)
Electrified1970
Passengers
20091.9 million
Location
Sint-Niklaas is located in Belgium
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas
Location within Belgium
Sint-Niklaas is located in Europe
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas
Sint-Niklaas (Europe)

Sint-Niklaas railway station (Dutch: Station Sint-Niklaas, French: Gare de Saint-Nicolas)[lower-alpha 1] 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).[1]

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
Lokeren
towards Oostende
IC 02 Beveren
Lokeren
towards Lille-Flandres or Poperinge
IC 04 Antwerpen-Berchem
Belsele
towards Kortrijk
IC 26
weekdays
Terminus
Lokeren
towards De Panne
IC 28
weekdays
Antwerpen-Zuid
Terminus L 20
weekdays
Temse
towards Leuven
L 27
weekends
Temse
towards Mechelen
Belsele
towards Lokeren
L 30 Nieuwkerken-Waas

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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