Faux | |
Type: | Railway Station |
Symbol: | rail |
Symbol Location: | be |
Style: | Belgium Railway |
Address: | Faux, Walloon Brabant, Belgium |
Line: | 140 |
Platform: | 2 |
Tracks: | 2 |
Opened: | 1 August 1901 |
Owned: | National Railway Company of Belgium |
Faux is a railway station in Faux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. It opened in 1901 on the Line 140 (Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi).
The railway station is located in Faux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.[1] Faux station is located at kilometric point 7.30 on line 140, from Ottignies to Marcinelle (Charleroi), between the stations of Court-Saint-Étienne and La Roche.
The Belgian State Railways Administration put the stopping point of Faux into service on 1 August 1901. It was originally a simple stopping point depending on the station of La Roche.[2]
In 1909, this stopping point became a full stop; a building, equipped with a counter and facilities for unloading parcels and goods, was built at this time.
Faux became an unmanned stopping point again in 1964.[2] The station building has since been demolished.
Faux is served by SNCB Suburban (S61), Heure de pointe ("Rush Hour") (P) and Tourist ("Touristiques") (ICT) trains moving on line 140 (Charleroi-Sud - Ottignies).[3]
During the week, the service includes:
During holidays, a single ICT train connects Charleroi-Sud to Bierges-Walibi and Wavre, in the morning, with a return trip in the evening.