Tongeren railway station explained

Tongeren
Style:Belgium Railway
Type:Railway Station
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:be
Address:Tongeren, Limburg
Country:Belgium
Owned:NMBS/SNCB
Operator:NMBS/SNCB
Line:24 - 34
Platform:3
Tracks:5
Code:FTG
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Marker:rail-underground
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Zoom:15
Map Type:Belgium#Europe

Tongeren railway station (Dutch; Flemish: Station Tongeren; French: Gare de Tongres) is a railway station in Tongeren, Limburg, Belgium. The station is on the Hasselt-Liège railway and marks the beginning of the Tongeren-Aachen railway through Visé to Germany. The station was also the final stop of the now demolished Drieslinter-Tongeren railway. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).

Signal box

Tongeren signal box used to be located in the station building. It was permanently staffed until the 1990s, since when the train traffic in and around Tongeren has been regulated from Bilzen. The Tongeren signal box remained in place, but was only in use in the event of faults or maintenance works. On 24 June 2016, it was finally closed at the same time as the Bilzen signal box.[1] Since then, train traffic has been regulated from Hasselt's modern, central traffic control post.

The ticket office of the station is only open during the week, between 5:45 a.m. and 1 p.m.[2]

Services

Week

Train typeConnectionTimetable
IC 20Tongeren - Hasselt - Aarschot - Brussel-South - Aalst - Gent-Sint-Pieters1x per hour
IC 13Hasselt - Diepenbeek - Tongeren - Liège-Guillemins - Maastricht1x per hour

Weekend

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Treinverkeer dit weekend onderbroken op deze Limburgse spoorlijnen. 2020-10-12. www.tvl.be. nl-BE.
  2. Web site: TONGRES. 2020-10-12. www.belgianrail.be.