Charleroi-West railway station

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Charleroi-West
Railway Station
Charleroi Ouest station
Location	Place de l'Ouest, 6000 Charleroi
Coordinates	50°24′38″N 4°26′11″E / 50.41056°N 4.43639°E / 50.41056; 4.43639Coordinates: 50°24′38″N 4°26′11″E / 50.41056°N 4.43639°E / 50.41056; 4.43639
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	,
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	20 August 1855
Rebuilt	1866
Services
Preceding station   NMBS/SNCB   Following station toward Ottignies L 14 Charleroi-Sud toward Jambes

Charleroi-West (French: Charleroi-Ouest) is a secondary railway station serving Charleroi, Belgium. It is one of two railway stations located in downtown Charleroi, the other one being the much larger Charleroi-South railway station. Charleroi-West is also a station of the Charleroi metro.

Rail station[]

The station at the beginning of the 20th century.

Charleroi-West is a small, unstaffed station with no building or other services of its own, served only by linking Charleroi to Ottignies. Charleroi-West used to be a dead-end station (and thus the terminus of line 140) until 27 May 1987, when a rail connection to Charleroi-South was opened. The 6 km industrial line 260 links Charleroi-Ouest with the freight classification yard of Monceau-sur-Sambre.

Because of its proximity to Charleroi-South and the limited train service, Charleroi-West sees very little passenger traffic, with a weekday average of 75 boarding passengers on weekdays (20 on Saturdays, 30 on Sundays) in 2007.^[1]

The original station, inaugurated in 1855, was located slightly to the South.^[2] The current station was built between 1884 and 1886.

Train services[]

The station is served by the following service(s):

• Local services (L-14) Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi - Tamines - Namur - Jambes

Metro station[]

Ouest
Platforms	Central
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	2
Parking	No
History
Opened	30 June 1980
Services
Preceding station Charleroi Metro Following station Piges One-way operation M1 Villette towards Beaux-Arts towards M2 Villette One-way operation Beaux-Arts towards M3 Beaux-Arts One-way operation M4 Villette towards Soleilmont

West (French: Ouest) is a Charleroi Metro station, located at the western end of Charleroi downtown, in fare zone 1. The station is accessible through three distinct street entrances leading to a mezzanine, giving access to the central platform via escalators.

The station has been renovated in 2009,^[3] with a new decoration based on works of local artist Charles Szymkowicz. The mezzanine level hosts 11 reproductions of Szymkowicz's watercolor paintings depicting Tuscany landscapes, made by Belgian ceramist Maurice Joly. One of the station entrances is adorned with a 3.5 x 4m fresco depicting Szymkowicz and his mother passing the so-called "viaduct" bridge where the station is now located.

Nearby points of interest[]

• Charleroi Expo, main exhibition hall in Charleroi.

Transfers[]

TEC Charleroi bus lines 41, 43, 83, 85, 86 and Midi-Docherie.

See also[]

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• List of Charleroi Pre-metro stations
• Charleroi Pre-metro
• Charleroi

References[]

External links[]

• Official station page at the SNCB website
• Real time departures
• Real time arrivals