Charleroi-West railway station

Charleroi-West railway station
Charleroi-West
Sncb nmbs.gif Railway Station
Station statistics
Address Place de l'Ouest, 6000 Charleroi
Coordinates 50°24′38″N 4°26′11″E / 50.41056°N 4.43639°E / 50.41056; 4.43639Coordinates: 50°24′38″N 4°26′11″E / 50.41056°N 4.43639°E / 50.41056; 4.43639
Lines 140, 260
Platforms 1
Tracks 2
Parking Yes
Other information
Opened 20 August 1855
Rebuilt 1866
Owned by National Railway Company of Belgium

Charleroi-West (French: Charleroi-Ouest) is a secondary railway station serving Charleroi, Belgium. It is one of two railway stations located in downtown Charleroi, the other one being the much larger Charleroi-South railway station. Charleroi-West is also a station of the Charleroi metro.

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Rail station

Charleroi-West is a small, unstaffed station with no building or other services of its own, served only by Belgian railway line 140 linking Charleroi to Ottignies. Charleroi-West used to be a dead-end station (and thus the terminus of line 140) until 27 May 1987, when a rail connection to Charleroi-South was opened. The 6 km industrial line 260 links Charleroi-Ouest with the freight classification yard of Monceau-sur-Sambre.

Because of its proximity to Charleroi-South and the limited train service, Charleroi-West sees very little passenger traffic, with a weekday average of 75 boarding passengers on weekdays (20 on Saturdays, 30 on Sundays) in 2007.[1]

The original station, inaugurated in 1855, was located slightly to the South.[2] The current station was built between 1884 and 1886.

Preceding station Service type Following station Frequency
(weekdays)
Frequency
(weekends and holidays)
Charleroi-South
Toward Tamines
Local (L) Lodelinsart
Toward Ottignies
1 per hour (no service)
Charleroi-South
Terminus
Local (L) Lodelinsart
Toward Ottignies
(no service) 1 every 2 hours

Metro station

Ouest

Metro Charleroi - Ouest station.JPG
Station statistics
Levels 2
Platforms Central
Tracks 2
Parking No
Other information
Opened 30 June 1980
Services
Preceding station   Charleroi Pre-metro   Following station
Villette
toward Sud
Line 54
Beaux-Arts
toward Gilly
Villette
toward Sud
Line 89
Beaux-Arts
toward Anderlues

West (French: Ouest) is a Charleroi Pre-metro station, located at the western end of Charleroi downtown, in fare zone 1. The station is accessible through three distinct street entrances leading to a mezzanine, giving access to the central platform via escalators.

The station has been renovated in 2009,[3] with a new decoration based on works of local artist Charles Szymkowicz. The mezzanine level hosts 11 reproductions of Szymkowicz's watercolor paintings depicting Tuscany landscapes, made by Belgian ceramist Maurice Joly. One of the station entrances is adorned with a 3.5 x 4m fresco depicting Szymkowicz and his mother passing the so-called "viaduct" bridge where the station is now located.

Nearby points of interest

  • Charleroi Expo, main exhibition hall in Charleroi.

Transfers

TEC Charleroi bus lines 41, 42, 43, 50, 51, 52, 60, 61, 63, 67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 83, 85, 86, 170, 365a, Midi-Docherie

See also

References

  1. ^ "Comptages voyageurs 2007", SNCB/NMBS, Brussels, 2007.
  2. ^ "Charleroi découverte! | Rue du Grand Central"
  3. ^ Marie Adam, "L’art s’installe dans le métro", La Libre, Brussels, 29 January 2009.

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