Mons railway station

Mons is a railway station in the French speaking town of Mons, Wallonia, Belgium. The station opened on 19 December 1841 on the Lines 96, 97 and 118. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB).

Mons
Railway Station
Previous Mons Railway Station
General information
LocationBelgium
Coordinates50.2719°N 3.5636°E / 50.2719; 3.5636
Owned byInfrabel
Operated byNational Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)96, 97, 118
Platforms7
Tracks21
Other information
Station codeFMS
History
Opened19 December 1841
Passengers
20098.556

The station was served by a daily Thalys high speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.[1]

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Intercity services (IC-06A) Mons - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-14) Quiévrain - Mons - Braine-le-Comte - Brussels - Leuven - Liège (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-19) Lille - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-25) Mouscron - Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Charleroi - Namur - Huy - Liege - Liers (weekends)
  • Local services (L-18) Quiévrain - Saint-Ghislain - Mons (weekends)
  • Local services (L-26) Quévy - Mons - La Louvière (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-26) Mons - La Louvière (weekends)
  • Local services (L-29) Tournai - Saint-Ghislain - Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-29) Mons - Ath - Geraardsbergen (weekends)

Architecture

Work is currently underway to replace the 1950s Station Building, designed by a local architect, with a new structure designed by Santiago Calatrava, said to be inspired by a swooping bird.[2]

This was planned to be completed in time for the 2015 European Cultural Capital events, but at present, although the previous station has been demolished, only parts of the planned bridges have been built, with a temporary station and set of temporary bridges providing substitute service for now.

The budget for the new station has grown nearly tenfold (from 37 million Euros to 324 million Euros as of 2020),[3] and it is not expected to be inaugurated until 2023.

See also

References
  1. "Thalys doet laatste keer Oostende en Namen aan". De Standaard.
  2. "Mons: it's the European capital of culture – but locals just want to go to Ikea". The Guardian.
  3. "La nouvelle gare de Mons coûtera deux fois plus cher que prévu".
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