Tournai railway station

Tournai railway station (French: Gare du Tournai, Dutch: Station Doornik), officially Tournai, is a railway station in Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium, situated on railway line 94. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).

Tournai
Railway Station
General information
LocationPlace Crombez,
7500 Tournai
Belgium
Elevation22 m
Owned bySNCB/NMBS
Operated bySNCB/NMBS
Line(s)94, 78
Platforms3
Tracks7
Construction
ArchitectHenri Beyaert
Other information
Station codeFTY
History
Opened24 October 1842 (1842-10-24)
Location
Tournai is located in Belgium
Tournai
Tournai
Location within Belgium
Tournai is located in Europe
Tournai
Tournai
Tournai (Europe)

History
Tournai railway station soon after its completion in 1879

The first train arrived there on 24 January 1842. A first neoclassical stone building dating from the 1840s was later dismantled and replaced to serve as the railway station of the town of Leuze-en-Hainaut.

The current station building was designed by the architect Henri Beyaert and erected between 1874 and 1879. The monumental building originally included a glass and iron construction covering the platforms and rails, and a freight station located in a separate building conceived in the form of a late-medieval Flemish cloth hall.

The buildings were severely damaged during World War II. The structure covering the platforms and tracks was demolished and replaced by simple awnings covering the platforms.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:[1][2][3]

  • Intercity services (IC-06) Tournai - Ath - Halle - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-26) Kortrijk - Tournai - Halle - Brussels - Dendermonde - Lokeren - Sint Niklaas (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-29) Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekdays)
  • Local services (TER Hauts-de-France P81) Tournai - Ascq - Lille
Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station
Terminus IC 06 Leuze
towards Brussels National Airport
Froyennes
towards Lille-Flandres
 IC 19 Saint-Ghislain
towards Namur
Hersaux
towards Mouscron
 IC 25
weekends
 Antoing
towards Liers
Froyennes
towards Kortrijk
 IC 26
weekdays
 Leuze
towards Sint-Niklaas
Terminus L 29
weekdays
 Antoing
towards Geraardsbergen
Preceding station TER Hauts-de-France Following station
Froyennes
towards Lille-Flandres
 Proxi
P81
 Terminus

See also

References
  1. Ligne 78 : Tournai - Saint-Ghislain, SNCB, accessed 18 May 2022.
  2. Ligne 94 : Bruxelles - Hal - Tournai/Mouscron, SNCB, accessed 18 May 2022.
  3. "Plan des lignes TER Hauts-de-France" (PDF). www.ter.sncf.com (in French). Retrieved 18 May 2022.

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