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Lier railway station (Dutch: Station Lier; French: Gare de Lierre) [a] is a railway station in Lier, Antwerp, Belgium. [1] The station opened on 23 April 1855 on railway lines 13 and 15. Until 1988, the station was also on line 205, when this line closed. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). [2]
Station Code Line Province Opened Aalst: FLS: 50, 57, 82: East Flanders: 1853 Aalst-Kerrebroek: FLSK: 82: East Flanders: Aalter: FLT: 50A: East Flanders: 1838 ...
To cater for the large number of commuter workers, especially into Brussels, complementary peak-hours trains run on mornings and late afternoons of working days, they are classified as P trains. The Brussels S Train service was added in December 2015 and took over a good deal of the L trains.
NMBS/SNCB is an autonomous government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the Belgian State Railways.From 1942 to 1944, amid Nazi Germany's occupation of Belgium, the company was paid 51 million Belgian francs by the Nazi Germany to send 28 trains carrying 25,843 Jews and Roma people to Auschwitz where only 1,195 survived. [2]
1 Converted back to Class 21: 2001 4500 kW (6000 hp) 25 kV AC, 3000 V DC Converted from Class 21: Class 25.5: BN/ACEC (1960, converted 1973) 8 Withdrawn 2008 1740 kW (2333 hp) 3000 V DC, 1500 V DC Converted from Class 25: Class 28: Bombardier (2007-2010) 43 In Service n/a 5600 kW (7510 hp) 3000 V DC, 1500 V DC Leased, part of the Traxx family ...
NMBS/SNCB Class 41 DMUs are diesel multiple-unit trains operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). They are the standard train for Belgian internal workings which cannot be worked by EMUs. They work under the 25 kV electrification in the South of Belgium as well as on the non-electrified lines in the North.
1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge The AM/MS08 series is a three-part electric multiple unit of the Siemens type Desiro Main Line (Desiro ML), a so-called lightweight train with a low-floor section for regional passenger transport and local passenger transport for the National Railway Company of Belgium(SNCB/NMBS) .
The procurement specifications were published in March 1993, accepted bidders were listed in September 1993, with bids received in February 1994. [1] On 22 December 1995 NMBS/SNCB and CFL made a joint order with ACEC-Transport (subsidiary of GEC-Alstom) for 80 units; [1] [5] Alstom's offer was costed at 140.5million Belgian francs per ...