Noorderkempen railway station
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| Location | Brecht, Antwerp, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°21′25″N 4°37′58″E / 51.35694°N 4.63278°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| System | Railway Station | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | National Railway Company of Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line | HSL 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 15 June 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Noorderkempen is a railway station near the town of Brecht, Antwerp province, Belgium. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS) and Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS).
The station makes the Northern Kempen region connected to the rail network via the HSL 4 route and is the only true high-speed station in Belgium. However, it is not served by any true high-speed train, functioning rather as a park and ride for Antwerp and to a lesser extent Breda. The Thalys services (300 km/h) skip the station as the IC services (160 km/h - 200 km/h) serve the station.
This station features four tracks: the outside ones, with side platforms, are used by trains stopping there, while the central ones, with no platforms, are used by nonstop high-speed trains.
Train services
The following services currently the serve the station:
- Intercity services (IC-15) Noorderkempen - Antwerp
- Eurocity services Brussel-Zuid - Rotterdam Centraal
Gallery
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Sales point and information booth.
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Entrance to the tunnel under the tracks.
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General view of the tracks.
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Train departing to Antwerp.
References
External links
- "Noorderkempen railway station". Belgian Railways. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015.