Mons railway station

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Mons
SNCB logo.svg Railway Station
Gare de Mons.jpg
Previous Mons Railway Station
LocationBelgium
Coordinates50°16′19″N 3°33′49″E / 50.2719°N 3.5636°E / 50.2719; 3.5636Coordinates: 50°16′19″N 3°33′49″E / 50.2719°N 3.5636°E / 50.2719; 3.5636
Owned byInfrabel
Operated byNational Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)96, ,
Platforms7
Tracks21
Other information
Station codeFMS
History
Opened19 December 1841
Passengers
20098.556

Mons is a railway station in the French speaking town of Mons, Wallonia, Belgium. The station opened on 19 December 1841 on the Lines 96, and . The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB).

The station was served by a daily Thalys high speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.[1]

Train services[]

The station is served by the following services:

  • Intercity services (IC-06A) Mons - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-14) Quiévrain - Mons - Braine-le-Comte - Brussels - Leuven - Liège (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
  • Local services (L-18) Quiévrain - Saint-Ghislain - Mons (weekends)
  • Local services (L-26) Quévy - Mons - La Louvière (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-26) Mons - La Louvière (weekends)
  • Local services (L-29) Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-29) Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekends)
Preceding station   NMBS/SNCB   Following station
TerminusIC 06A
toward Quiévrain
IC 14
weekdays
toward Lille Flandres
IC 19
toward Namur
TerminusIC 25
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward 
On weekends and holidays
toward 
On weekends and holidays
toward 
toward Quiévrain
L 18
weekends
Terminus
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward 
L 26
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward 
Terminus
On weekends and holidays
toward 
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Tournai
L 29
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward 
Terminus
On weekends and holidays
toward 

Architecture[]

Work is currently underway to replace the 1950s Station Building, designed by a local architect, with a new structure designed by Santiago Calatrava, said to be inspired by a swooping bird.[2]

This was planned to be completed in time for the 2015 European Cultural Capital events, but at present, although the previous station has been demolished, only parts of the planned bridges have been built, with a temporary station and set of temporary bridges providing substitute service for now.

The budget for the new station has grown nearly tenfold (from 37 million Euros to 324 million Euros as of 2020),[3] and it is not expected to be inaugurated until 2023.

See also[]

  • List of railway stations in Belgium

References[]

  1. ^ "Thalys doet laatste keer Oostende en Namen aan". De Standaard.
  2. ^ "Mons: it's the European capital of culture – but locals just want to go to Ikea". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "La nouvelle gare de Mons coûtera deux fois plus cher que prévu".

External links[]

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