Tournai_railway_station

Tournai railway station

Tournai railway station

Railway station in Hainaut, Belgium

Tournai railway station (French: Gare du Tournai, Dutch: Station Doornik)[lower-alpha 1] is a railway station in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium, situated on railway line 94. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).[1]

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History

Tournai railway station soon after its completion in 1879

The first train arrived there on 24 January 1842. A first neoclassical stone building dating from the 1840s was later dismantled and replaced to serve as the railway station of the town of Leuze-en-Hainaut.

The current station building was designed by the architect Henri Beyaert and erected between 1874 and 1879. The monumental building originally included a glass and iron construction covering the platforms and rails, and a freight station located in a separate building conceived in the form of a late-medieval Flemish cloth hall.

The buildings were severely damaged during World War II. The structure covering the platforms and tracks was demolished and replaced by simple awnings covering the platforms.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:[2][3][4]

  • Intercity services (IC-06) Tournai - Ath - Halle - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-26) Kortrijk - Tournai - Halle - Brussels - Dendermonde - Lokeren - Sint Niklaas (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-29) Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekdays)
  • Local services (TER Hauts-de-France P81) Tournai - Ascq - Lille
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See also

References

Footnotes

  1. Officially Tournai (French: Tournai, Dutch: Doornik)

Citations

  1. [1]
    "TOURNAI". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    Ligne 78 : Tournai - Saint-Ghislain, SNCB, accessed 18 May 2022.
  3. [3]
    Ligne 94 : Bruxelles - Hal - Tournai/Mouscron, SNCB, accessed 18 May 2022.
  4. [4]
    "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2022.

50.613°N 3.3966°E / 50.613; 3.3966
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