Charleroi-South railway station
Charleroi-South | |
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 Railway Station | |
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| Location | Square des martyrs du 18 août, Charleroi |
| Coordinates | 50°24′17″N 4°26′19″E / 50.40472°N 4.43861°ECoordinates: 50°24′17″N 4°26′19″E / 50.40472°N 4.43861°E |
| Owned by | National Railway Company of Belgium |
| Line(s) | 117, 118, 124, 130, 130A, 132, 130, 140 |
| Platforms | 12 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1843 |
Charleroi-South (French: Charleroi-Sud) is the main railway station serving Charleroi, Belgium. Charleroi-South is also the main TEC bus station in Charleroi, and a station of the Charleroi metro.
History
Charleroi-South railway station early 1900s.
- The first railway connection to Charleroi is inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian state railway company (Compagnie de l'État Belge) opens an indirect line from Brussels to Charleroi (via Braine-le-Comte), continuing to Namur.
- 1848: opening of a line by the Compagnie de l'Entre Sambre et Meuse to Walcourt and Morialmé, to support local extractive industries.
- 1852: opening of a line by the Compagnie du Nord Belge to connect Charleroi with its Northern French network, via Erquelinnes.
- 1855: opening of a line by the Compagnie du Grand Central Belge to Ottignies.
- 1874: opening of the current more direct line to Brussels, via Nivelles. The current station building is inaugurated the same year.
- 1949: the line to Brussels is electrified, making the second railway line in Belgium to be electrified after the Brussels to Antwerp line in 1935.
- June 2011: after seven years of work, the renovated station is inaugurated. Renovation includes the exterior of the 1874 building, the interior (including a new shopping gallery), tunnels, as well as the square in front of the station.[1]
The station was served by a daily Thalys high speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.[2]
Train services
The station is served by the following services:
- Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
- Intercity services (IC-24) Charleroi - Walcourt - Mariembourg - Couvin
- Intercity services (IC-25) Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
- Intercity services (IC-27) Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
- Local services (L-06) Luttre - Manage - La Louvière - Charleroi (weekdays)
- Local services (L-06) Manage - La Louvière - Charleroi (weekends)
- Local services (L-06A) Manage - Luttre - Charleroi (weekends)
- Local services (L-07) Erquelinnes - Lobbes - Charleroi
- Local services (L-14) Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi - Tamines - Namur - Jambes
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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Marchienne-au-Pont toward Antwerpen-Centraal | IC 05 weekdays | Terminus | ||
La Louvière-Sud toward Lille Flandres | IC 19 | Tamines toward Namur |
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Berzée toward Couvin | IC 24 weekdays | Terminus | ||
Jamioulx toward Couvin | IC 24 weekends | Terminus | ||
Marchienne-au-Pont toward Mons | IC 25 weekdays | Châtelet (B) toward Liège-Palais |
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Marchienne-au-Pont toward Mouscron | IC 25 weekends | Châtelet (B) toward Liers |
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Marchienne-au-Pont toward Brussels-Luxembourg | IC 27 weekdays | Terminus | ||
Marchienne-au-Pont toward Antwerpen-Centraal | IC 31 weekends | Terminus | ||
Marchienne-au-Pont toward Luttre | SNCB-NMBS L weekdays | Terminus | ||
Marchienne-au-Pont toward Manage | SNCB-NMBS L weekends | Terminus | ||
Marchienne-au-Pont toward Manage | SNCB-NMBS L weekends | Terminus | ||
Marchienne-Zone toward Erquelinnes | SNCB-NMBS L | Terminus | ||
toward Ottignies | SNCB-NMBS L | Couillet toward Jambes |
In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons).
Metro station
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| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 June 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The Charleroi-South pre-metro station, simply known as South (French: Sud) on network maps, was opened in 1976. Along with Vilette, Sud was the first station to enter service on the Charleroi pre-metro. Located at street level, Sud was a dead-end station until the opening of the last section of the central loop of the Charleroi metro, on February 27, 2012.
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Bus station
The Charleroi-South bus station is the main TEC bus transfer point in Charleroi. An express bus line (line A) serves the Brussels South Charleroi Airport.
See also
References
- ↑ Didier Albin, "La nouvelle gare de Charleroi sera inaugurée ce week-end", Le Soir, Brussels, 23 June 2011.
- ↑ Article about final Thalys to Ostend
External links
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Media related to Charleroi-Sud train station at Wikimedia Commons - Official station page at the SNCB website
- Real time departures
- Real time arrivals