Antwerp-Centraal train station
| Antwerp-Centraal | |
|---|---|
 Reception building
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Terminus |
| Design | End station , tunnel station |
| Platform tracks | 14 (6 in level +1, 4 in level −1, 4 in level −2) |
| IBNR | 8800007 |
| opening | August 11, 1905 |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Louis de la Censerie |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Antwerp |
| province | Antwerp Province |
| region | Flanders |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 13 '2 " N , 4 ° 25' 16" E |
| Railway lines | |
| List of train stations in Belgium | |
The Antwerpen-Centraal station ( Dutch Antwerpen-Centraal , French Anvers-Central ) is a train station of the NMBS / SNCB in Antwerp ( Belgium ). The former terminus is used by around 540 trains every day. The connections go u. a. to Rotterdam (- Amsterdam ), Ghent (- Kortrijk ), Bruges (- Ostend ), Brussels , Liège , Neerpelt and Puurs . The train station is on Astridplein, east of Antwerp's old town, right next to the famous zoo .
history
The first station, Borgerhout, was the terminus of the Mechelen – Antwerp line that opened on June 3, 1836 . In 1843 the line to Antwerpen-Dokken en Stapelplaatsen station at the port was extended, where the railway line towards Germany ( Iron Rhine ) began. In 1854 a new building replaced the wooden station building and the Borgerhout station was named Antwerpen-Oost .
In 1873 the station was rebuilt to become a terminus because the increasing traffic towards the Netherlands could no longer be guided through the busy city at ground level. A bypass was built on a dam in the east.
The current system from the years 1899 and 1905 received a 186 m long and 66 m wide station hall made of steel based on a design by the engineer Clement Van Bogaert . The height of 43 m took into account the exhaust gases from the steam locomotives . The stone entrance building in an eclectic style was designed by Louis de la Censerie . He was inspired by the Lucerne train station and the Pantheon in Rome . Because of the dominant dome (75 m high) the building is popularly called Spoorwegkathedraal (= railway cathedral) . The station was opened on August 11, 1905 under the name Antwerpen-Centraal . The name Antwerpen-Oost was now given a stop at the eastern bypass.
In the middle of the 20th century the station was structurally in a very poor condition. The calcareous Vinalmont stone from which the dome is built began to decompose. In 1953 the first stones came loose, in 1957 even a passenger was hit by a falling stone. Demolition of the building was considered in the 1960s. However, the building was protected as a historical monument and was completely renovated from 1993 onwards.
North-South connection
The historic terminus with ten tracks reached its capacity limits. There were too few tracks and the platforms were too short. The heads of the trains also reduced capacity.
After the train service could not keep pace with the traffic demand due to capacity problems, plans were developed to rebuild the station. During the renovation, the station was extensively redesigned, and rail operations are now handled on three levels: Of the ten head tracks on the upper floor (level +1), three have been retained on both sides. Two basement floors are new; the first basement (level −1) has four head tracks, the second basement (level −2) four through tracks. From May 1998 work began on the north-south connection that crosses the city and the train station. The two-tube tunnel can be driven at 90 km / h and saves international trains from Brussels to Amsterdam , including the high-speed trains on the high-speed lines HSL 4 and HSL-Zuid (high-speed line Schiphol – Antwerp) , a headache in Antwerp-Centraal . The underground part of the station was opened on March 23, 2007. The four levels of the station will be connected with 40 elevators and 48 escalators . The imposing reception building was preserved, also in its function.
Others
The station has become a popular setting for a wide variety of feature films. A well-known example is the opening scene of De zaak Alzheimer with the arrival of the serial killer Ledda from France.
2009 was taken at a staged Flashmob a music video with the song "Do-Re-Mi" from the Rodgers- and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music , which quickly became a so-called "viral" video on the Internet was. Parts of the video also appear in the ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) All Over The World flash mob video .
When King Leopold II saw the station for the first time when it opened in 1905, he noticed its obvious size. His reaction to that was: C'est une petite belle gare (It's a nice little train station).
According to a research by Newsweek , it is the fourth most beautiful train station in the world.
traffic
Status: Timetable period December 10, 2017 to December 8, 2018
| line | course | Cycle Mon-Fri | Clock Sa, So |
|---|---|---|---|
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THA ( Thalys ) |
Paris-North - Brussels-South - Antwerp-Centraal - Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Centraal | 60 min with gaps | 60 min with gaps |
|
THA ( Thalys ) |
Lille-Europe - Brussels-South - Antwerp-Centraal - Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Centraal | 1 train / day Friday to Amsterdam only | 1 train / day on Sundays only |
| IC 02 | Oostende - Brugge - Gent-Sint-Pieters - Gent-Dampoort - Lokeren - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerpen-Berchem - Antwerpen-Centraal | 60 min | 60 min |
| IC 04 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Sint-Niklaas - Lokeren - Gent-Dampoort - Gent-Sint-Pieters - Kortrijk , train separation, part 1: - Ypres - Poperinge ; Part 2: - Mouscron - Lille-Flandres | 60 min | 60 min |
| IC 05 | Charleroi-Sud - Nivelles - Brussels-South - Brussels-Central - Brussels-North - Mechelen - Antwerpen-Berchem - Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Luchtbal - Essen | 60 min | - |
| IC 07 | Charleroi-Sud - Nivelles - Brussels-South - Brussels-Central - Brussels-North - Mechelen - Antwerpen-Berchem - Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Luchtbal - Antwerpen-Noorderdokken | 60 min | - |
| IC 08 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Mechelen - Brussels-Zaventem Airport - Leuven - Hasselt (- Tongeren single trips ) | 60 min Antwerp – Hasselt / Tongern | Sat: 60 min Sun: 60 min to Leuven, every 2nd train to Hasselt |
| IC 09 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Lier - Aarschot (- Leuven or - Hasselt - Tongern - Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins ) | 60 minutes from Antwerp to Leuven | 60 minutes from Antwerp to Liège |
| IC 10 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Lier - Herentals - Mol , train separation, part 1: - Hamont , part 2: - Hasselt | 60 min | Sat: 60 min Sun: 60 min only every 2nd train goes to Hasselt |
| IC 22 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Mechelen - Brussels-North - Brussels-Central - Brussels-South (- Braine-le-Comte - La Louvière - Binche ) | 60 minutes Antwerp – Brussels only | 60 minutes from Antwerp to Binche |
| IC 28 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Sint-Niklaas - Lokeren - Gent-Dampoort - Gent-Sint-Pieters - Lichtervelde - De Panne | 60 min | - |
| IC 30 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Lier - Herentals - Turnhout | 60 min | 60 min |
| IC 31 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Mechelen - Brussels-North - Brussels-Central - Brussels-South (- Nivelles - Charleroi-Sud ) | 60 minutes Brussels – Antwerp only | 60 minutes from Antwerp to Charleroi |
| IC 35 | Brussels-South - Brussels-Central - Brussels-North - Brussels-Zaventem Airport - Mechelen - Antwerpen-Berchem - Antwerp-Centraal - Breda - Rotterdam Centraal (- Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam Centraal or - The Hague Hollands Spoor ) | 60 min 4 trains / day to The Hague instead of Amsterdam | 60 min 4 trains / day to The Hague instead of Amsterdam |
| L 23 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Lier - Aarschot - Leuven | 60 min | 60 min |
| S 1 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Mechelen - Schaerbeek / Schaarbeek - Brussels-North - Brussels-Central - Brussels-South (- Braine-l'Alleud - Nivelles ) | 30 minutes from Antwerp to Nivelles | Sat: 30 min Antwerp – Nivelles Sun: 60 min only Antwerp – Bru.-South |
| P 32 | Puurs - Antwerpen-Zuid - Antwerpen-Berchem - Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Luchtbal - Antwerpen-Noorderdokken - Essen (- Roosendaal change in Essen ) | 30 minutes only Puurs food | 60 minutes only Puurs food |
| P. 33 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Lier - Herentals - Mol | 60 min | - |
| P.34 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Antwerpen-Zuid - Sint-Niklaas - Lokeren | 60 min | - |
| P. 53 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Antwerpen-Zuid - Sint-Niklaas - Lokeren - Gent-Dampoort - Gent-Sint-Pieters | - | 60 min |
| P | different amplifier trips | Peak hours | - |
| ICT | various trips from / to tourist places | Tourist season | |
Movie
- Railway station cathedrals - Europe's travel palaces. Antwerp. (OT: Gares d'Europe, les temples du voyage. Anvers. ) Documentary, France, 2018, 43:07 min., Script and director: Jeremy JP Fekete , production: Yuzu Productions, arte France, ServusTV , series: Bahnhofskathedralen - Europe's travel palaces (OT: Gares d'Europe, les temples du voyage ), first broadcast: October 25, 2018 on arte, synopsis by ARD .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Richard Deiss: Impeller cathedral and sugar beet station. A short story about 200 European train stations. BoD, Norderstedt 2013, ISBN 3-8482-7487-6 , p. 38 Antwerp - the railway cathedral.
- ^ Sven Andersen: New and upgraded lines for high-speed traffic in Belgium . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , ISSN 1421-2811 , 2002, issue 6, pp. 278–281.
- ↑ Video: Historical Flash Mob in Antwerp Central Station, do re mi on YouTube , November 16, 2010.
- ↑ Video: ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) All Over The World on YouTube , December 9, 2012.