Ottignies railway station

Ottignies
Railway Station
Ottignies railway station
General information
Location	Ottignies, Walloon Brabant Belgium
Coordinates	50°40′27″N 4°34′08″E / 50.67417°N 4.56889°E / 50.67417; 4.56889
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Line(s)	139, 140, 161
Platforms	5
Tracks	10
Other information
Station code	LT
History
Opened	14 June 1855; 169 years ago (1855-06-14)
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Ottignies railway station (French: Gare d'Ottignies; Dutch: Station Ottignies)^[a] is a railway station in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.^[1]

The station was opened in 1855 by the Grande Compagnie de Luxembourg, and from 1884, had a station building designed by the architect Charles Licot. This building was destroyed in 1996 and replaced by a new, modern and functional building inaugurated in 1999. In 2014, it was the second busiest station in Wallonia after Namur and before Liège-Guillemins, and the tenth-busiest in Belgium.

Ottignies is an important station on the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS) network. It is served by InterCity (IC), suburban (S), local (L), rush hour (P) and touristic (ICT) trains. The station is a keilbahnhof: it lies along railway line 161 (Brussels to Namur) and at the ends of railway lines 139 (Leuven to Ottignies) and 140 (Ottignies to Marcinelle). South of Ottignies, stroke line 161D goes to Louvain-la-Neuve.

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