Sint-Niklaas railway station explained

Sint-Niklaas
Type:	Railway Station
Symbol:	rail
Symbol Location:	be
Style:	Belgium Railway
Address:	Leopold II-laan, 9100 Sint-Niklaas
Country:	Belgium
Line:	59, 54
Platform:	3 centre platforms
Tracks:	6
Electrified:	1970
Code:	FSN
Owned:	NMBS/SNCB
Operator:	NMBS/SNCB
Passengers:	1.9 million
Pass Year:	2009
Map Type:	Belgium#Europe
Embedded:	Stroke-Colour: C60C30 Stroke-Width: 3 Marker: rail-underground Marker-Colour: 009D58 Zoom: 15

Sint-Niklaas railway station (nl|Station Sint-Niklaas; fr|Gare de Saint-Nicolas) is a railway station in Sint-Niklaas, East Flanders, Belgium. The original station opened on 3 November 1844 on railway line 59. The current station was built in 1972 by the architects Ludwig Van Wilder and Omer De Grootte. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).^[1]

Train services

The following services currently serve the station:

• Intercity services (IC-02) Ostend - Bruges - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerpen
• Intercity services (IC-04) Lille/Poperinge - Kortrijk - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp
• Intercity services (IC-26) Kortrijk - Tournai - Halle - Brussels - Dendermonde - Lokeren - Sint Niklaas (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-28) Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp (weekdays)
• Local services (L-20) Sint-Niklaas – Mechelen – Leuven (weekdays)
• Local services (L-27) Sint-Niklaas - Mechelen (weekends)
• Local services (L-30) Lokeren - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp

See also

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

References

Citations

External links

• Belgian Railways website for Sint-Niklaas

Notes and References

1. Web site: SINT-NIKLAAS . 2023-11-06 . www.belgianrail.be.