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Sint-Truiden railway station (; ) is a
Sint-Truiden used to be located on railway line 23 between Drieslinter and
File:Station Sint-Truiden Sporen.jpg, View of the platforms and tracks
File:Station Sint-Truiden Naam.jpg, Place name sign on a platform
railway station
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
in Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is on ...
, Limburg
Limburg or Limbourg may refer to:
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* Limburg (Belgium), a province since 1839 in the Flanders region of Belgium
* Limburg (Netherlands), a province since 1839 in the south of the Netherlands
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, Belgium. The station opened on 6 October 1839 and is located on railway line 21. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium
The National Railway Company of Belgium (, NMBS; , SNCB; ) is the national railway company of Belgium. The company formally styles itself using the Dutch and French abbreviations NMBS/SNCB. The corporate logo designed in 1936 by Henry van de Ve ...
(NMBS/SNCB).
History
Sint-Truiden used to be located on railway line 23 between Drieslinter and Tongeren
Tongeren (; ; ; ) is a city and former municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the only Roman administrative capital wit ...
. The current station dates from the 1970s and replaced a building dating from 1882, which was demolished in 1975.
In 2005, the station and its surrounding area were modernised. On that occasion, extra bicycle parking was created and the comfort for train passengers was increased. The platforms were also renovated and raised between 2020 and 2021. This brings them to a standard height of 76 cm, which should greatly improve accessibility.
Train services
The station is served by the following services: *Intercity services (IC-03) ''Knokke/Blankenberge - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Hasselt - Genk''Gallery
See also
*List of railway stations in Belgium
Belgium has an extensive passenger railway network managed by the National Railway Company of Belgium.
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* Rail transport in Belgium
Rail transport in Belgium benefits from an extensive rail network. The country is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Belgium is 88.
History
On May 5, 1835, the first railway in continental Europe ...
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* {{commons category-inline, Sint-Truiden train station Railway stations in Limburg (Belgium) Sint-Truiden Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1839