Tongeren railway station

Tongeren
Railway Station
General information
Location	Tongeren
Coordinates	50°47′2″N 5°28′24″E / 50.78389°N 5.47333°E / 50.78389; 5.47333Coordinates: 50°47′2″N 5°28′24″E / 50.78389°N 5.47333°E / 50.78389; 5.47333
Owned by	Infrabel
Operated by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	-
Platforms	3
Tracks	5
Other information
Station code	FTG
History
Opened	1863-11-11
Services
Preceding station   SNCB / NMBS   Following station toward Gent-Sint-Pieters IC 20 Terminus toward Hasselt IC 13 toward Maastricht toward Liège-Guillemins IC 09 weekends toward Leuven
Location
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Tongeren railway station is a railway station on the in the city of Tongeren. The station also marks the beginning of the through Visé to Germany. The station was also the final stop of the now demolished

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 June 24, 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^[1]

The ticket office of the station is only open during the week, between 5:45 AM and 1 PM.^[2]

Services[]

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Pictures[]

The freight station building

Tongeren railway station from a bird's eye view

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