Liège-Guillemins train station
| Liège-Guillemins train station | |
|---|---|
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| Data | |
| Location in the network | Separation station |
| Design | Through station |
| Platform tracks | 9 |
| IBNR | 8800012 |
| opening | September 18, 2009 |
| Architectural data | |
| architect | Santiago Calatrava |
| location | |
| City / municipality | Liege |
| province | Liege Province |
| region | Wallonia |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 37'25 " N , 5 ° 34'3" E |
| List of train stations in Belgium | |
The Liège-Guillemins train station is the main train station in the city of Liège in the Belgian Wallonia region . After extensive renovation and new construction in September 2009, the station in its current form is located a little outside the city center, in the Guillemins district. It is a stop for Thalys and ICE trains and thus a hub in the European high-speed network. It is also an important train station in the regional traffic of the NGBE (SNCB / NMBS) . It is approached by around 500 trains per day.
Reasons for building a new train station, planning
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With the advent of high-speed trains, the old Liège-Guillemins station was no longer considered up-to-date: the platforms were too narrow and too curved, and the entire station area looked shabby. Furthermore, the space was too tight for the increased passenger flows and there was a lack of comfort. In addition, the many level crossings restricted train traffic. In addition, the platforms were not long enough for current long-distance trains. Since it was no longer worth renovating the old station, it was decided to demolish it and build a new one.
After an international competition, the project was awarded to the architect Santiago Calatrava . Calatrava has already designed several train stations. He designed the new part of the train station Stadelhofen in Zurich , the Lucerne Train Station , the Gare de Lyon Saint-Exupéry , intermodal Oriente Station in Lisbon and the new PATH -Station in New York. Calatrava will also build the new Mons train station .
The planning for the new station building began in 1996. 312 million euros were invested and, among other things, 10,000 tons of steel were used for the 200-meter-long, up and down swinging arch on the station roof, which is up to 40 m above the modernized track bed rises. The building has no external facade in the traditional sense; instead, the transition from inside to outside is seamless.
description
The new station is made of steel, glass and white concrete. It has a monumental canopy 200 m long and 35 m high. It was originally supposed to be completed in April 2006. In fact, it didn't open until September 19, 2009, two weeks after completion.
The line tracks (Aachen–) Welkenraedt – Lüttich – Brussels were moved to the north side of the station as part of the renovation. The entry speed into the station was increased from 40 to 100 km / h.
The new station has nine tracks. Tracks 1 and 2 are served by Thalys trains and the ICE International line 79; Trains to Brussels stop on tracks 3 and 4. There are five central platforms with a width of eight meters. Three platforms with a useful length of 450 meters are specially designed to hold Thalys trains running in double traction, the other two platforms have a length of 350 meters.
The new Liège train station is seen by the NGBE as a part of the modernization of the Belgian railway connections, namely in the connection of Belgium to the European high-speed network between London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne / Frankfurt. Since 2009 the travel time between Cologne and Liège has been just under an hour.
The connection of the new train station to the urban environment and the regional infrastructure is still practically unsolved. An economic and urban upgrading of the district named after a settlement of the Order of the Wilhelmites is foreseeable opposed to the interests of the current residents in affordable housing and the preservation of the previous social environment.
Pictures of the previous buildings
around 1900
around 1975
Working in May 2005
2007, shortly before the old station building was demolished
Trivia
The station served as a location for many film productions such as B .:
- 2013: Inside Wikileaks - The Fifth Estate
- 2014: Alarm for Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police
- 2014: Guardians of the Galaxy
- 2016: My pretty little friend (Un homme à la hauteur)
- 2019: Gemini Man
traffic
Status: Timetable period December 10, 2017 to December 8, 2018
| line | course | Cycle Mon-Fri | Clock Sa, So |
|---|---|---|---|
|
ICE 79 ( DB ICE ) |
Brussels-South - Brussels-North - Liège-Guillemins - Aachen Central Station - Cologne Central Station - ( Cologne / Bonn Airport - Siegburg / Bonn - Montabaur only single trips stop at these stations - Limburg South ) - Frankfurt Airport - Frankfurt (Main) Central Station | 120 min with gaps | 120 min with gaps |
|
THA 80 ( Thalys ) |
Paris-North - Brussels-South - Liège-Guillemins - Aachen Central Station - Cologne Central Station - Düsseldorf Central Station - ( Düsseldorf Airport - only single trips ) Duisburg Central Station - Essen Central Station (- Dortmund Central Station only single trips ) | 5 trains / day | Sat: 5 trains / day Sun: 4 trains / day |
| 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 09 | Antwerpen-Centraal - Antwerpen-Berchem - Lier - Aarschot - Hasselt - Tongeren - Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins | - | 60 min |
| IC 12 | Kortrijk - Gent-Sint-Pieters - Brussels-South - Brussels-Central - Brussels-North - Leuven - Liège-Guillemins - Verviers-Central - Welkenraedt | 60 min | - |
| IC 14 | Quiévrain - Mons - Braine-le-Comte - Brussels-South - Brussels-Central - Brussels-North - Leuven - Liège-Guillemins | 60 min | - |
| IC 18 | Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins - Huy - Namur - Ottignies - Brussels-Luxembourg - Brussels-Schuman - Brussels-North - Brussels-Central - Brussels-South | 60 min | - |
| IC 25 | ( Liers -) Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins - Namur - Charleroi-Sud - La Louvière -Sud - Mons (- Tournai - Mouscron ) | 60 min only Liège – Mons | 60 mins Liers-Mouscron |
| IC 33 | Liers - Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins - Gouvy - Luxembourg | 120 min | 120 min |
| L 01 | Liège-Guillemins - Huy - Namur | 60 min | 120 min |
| L 15 | Liers - Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins - Rivage - Marloie | 60 min | 120 min |
| P 41 | Herstal - Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins - Angleur - Pepinster - Verviers-Central | 60 min | 60 min |
| P 42 | Liers - Herstal - Liège-Saint-Lambert - Liège-Guillemins - Seraing - Flémalle -Haute | 60 min | 60 min |
| P 43 | ( Hasselt - Tongern - Liers - Herstal - Liège-Saint-Lambert -) Liège-Guillemins - Visé - Eijsden - Maastricht-Randwyck - Maastricht | 60 minutes from Hasselt to Maastricht | 60 min only Liège – Maastricht |
| P. 44 | ( single trips and landing on Sundays -) Waremme - Ans - Liège-Guillemins (- Seraing - Flémalle -Haute single trips ) | 60 min Landen / Waremme – Liège / Flémalle | 120 min only Landen – Liège |
| P | different amplifier trips | Peak hours | - |
| ICT | various trips from / to tourist places | Tourist season | |
Originally a must from December 2018 through binding of Aachen trains running RE 18 in Liège-Guillemins exist, but the service of the German railway subsidiary are Arriva not been approved in Belgium. For this reason, the trains currently end in Maastricht.
Transition to public transport
There are stops for the inner-city and regional bus services operated by the Transport en Commun transport company on the forecourt of the station .
See also
- Brussels – Liège railway line
- Liège – Maastricht railway line
- Liège – Aachen railway line
- List of Intercity Express train stations
- HSL 2
- HSL 3
Web links
- Private website with many photos of the station building and the new forecourt (summer 2016)
- Technical article by Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes about the construction of the new station
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Olaf Münichsdorfer: Bright spots for Liège. d'Land November 13, 2009. p. 27.
- ^ Projects. ( Memento of October 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Liège-Guillemins: la gare est à vous!
- ^ Sven Andersen: New and upgraded lines for high-speed traffic in Belgium . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6/2002, ISSN 1421-2811 , pp. 278–281.
- ^ Liens vers d'autres sites.
- ↑ 'Spooroorlog' is a connection between Maastricht and Luik. Retrieved January 29, 2019 (Dutch).