Genk railway station explained

Genk
Type:	Railway Station
Symbol:	rail
Symbol Location:	be
Style:	Belgium Railway
Address:	Genk, Limburg
Country:	Belgium
Coordinates:	50.9669°N 5.4964°W
Line:	21D
Platform:	3
Code:	FKG
Owned:	NMBS/SNCB
Operator:	NMBS/SNCB
Passengers:	1,081 per day
Pass Year:	2014
Map Type:	Belgium#Europe
Embedded:	Stroke-Colour: C60C30 Stroke-Width: 3 Marker: rail-underground Marker-Colour: 009D58 Zoom: 15

Genk railway station (Dutch; Flemish: Station Genk; French: Gare de Genk) is a railway station in Genk, Limburg, Belgium. The station opened on 3 March 1874 and is located on railway line 21D. The station was closed on 6 October 1941 and reopened on 26 May 1979. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).^[1]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services (IC-03) Blankeberge/Knokke - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Hasselt - Genk

• These are complemented by a few peak-hour trains to Hasselt, and beyond to Brussels, departing in the early morning and returning in late afternoon.

See also

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium

References

Citations

External links

• • Genk railway station at Belgian Railways website

Notes and References

1. Web site: GENK . 2023-11-05 . www.belgianrail.be.