Verviers-Central station

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Verviers Central train station
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Data
Location in the network Separation station
Design Riding station
Platform tracks 5
opening February 1, 1930
Architectural data
Architectural style Art Nouveau
location
City / municipality Verviers
province Liege Province
region Wallonia
Country Belgium
Coordinates 50 ° 35 '17 "  N , 5 ° 51' 17"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '17 "  N , 5 ° 51' 17"  E
Height ( SO ) 177  m
Railway lines
List of train stations in Belgium
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The Verviers Central Station is a station of the SNCB (SNCB / NMBS) in the Belgian town of Verviers in eastern region Wallonia . It is centrally located in the Wallonia conurbation of Verviers between Liège and the German border.

description

Verviers Central station is designed as an Art Nouveau equestrian station . The tracks are led through a 388 meter long tunnel ( Tunnel Chic Chac ) under the station building. The station was built from 1929 to 1930 and replaced the previous Verviers-Léopold / Verviers-Ouest terminus .

Verviers Central is a stopping point for InterCity and regional trains such as euregioAIXpress . Also, since September 3, 2018, the S41 of the Liège S-Bahn .

In addition to the Central station, there is also the Verviers-Palais station.

The station has been rebuilt since 2013 so that the tunnel can also be used by double-decker trains in the future.

traffic

Status: Timetable period December 10, 2017 to December 8, 2018

line course Cycle Mon-Fri Clock Sa, So
IC 01 Eupen  - Welkenraedt  - Verviers-Central  - Liège-Guillemins  - Leuven  - Brussels-North  - Brussels-Central  - Brussels-South  - Gent-Sint-Pieters  - Brugge  - Oostende 60 min 60 min
IC 12 Kortrijk  - Gent-Sint-Pieters  - Brussels-South  - Brussels-Central  - Brussels-North  - Leuven  - Liège-Guillemins  - Verviers-Central  - Welkenraedt 60 min -
L 09
RE 29
Spa-Géronstère - Spa  - Pepinster  - Verviers-Central  - Welkenraedt  - Aachen Hbf 60 min 60 min
P 41 Herstal  - Liège-Saint-Lambert  - Liège-Guillemins  - Angleur  - Pepinster  - Verviers-Central 60 min 60 min
P different amplifier trips Peak hours -

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Belgium: Railway line 44 (Verviers -) Pepinster - Spa (- Stavelot)> Luxembourg. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Description of the route