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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]
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All railway lines in Belgium are identified by a route number and these numbers are in widespread general use (for example, in passenger train timetables). Most of the numbers have remained unchanged since the creation of the SNCB/NMBS in the 1920s, although line closures and the construction of new routes have led to a few alterations over the years.
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]
Passenger rail services in Belgium are operated by NMBS/SNCB. The Belgian rail network is organised into three main domestic passenger train categories on the main lines, these are: Intercity (IC) trains–An express, limited-stop service, often calling only at major railway stations; in some cases it has stops at all stations along part of the ...
SNCB Class 21 is part of the large 1980s family of 144 electric locomotives. The family was made up of Classes 11 (12), 12 (12), 21 (60) and 27 (60). Classes 11, 12 and 21 were nearly twice as powerful as Classes 22 , 23 and 25 while Class 27 was more than twice as powerful as the 1950s locomotives.
Mechelen-Nekkerspoel railway station (Dutch: Station Mechelen-Nekkerspoel; French: Gare de Malines-Nekkerspoel) [a] is a railway station in Mechelen, Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 3 December 1903 on railway lines 25, 27 and 27B. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). [1]
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 ...