Kortrijk railway station
Kortrijk railway station (Dutch: Station Kortrijk, French: Gare de Courtrai) is the main railway station in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium. The station was first inaugurated on 22 September 1839. With around 10,000 passengers per day, Kortrijk is the fifteenth-busiest railway station in Belgium, and the second in West Flanders. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).
Kortrijk | |
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Railway Station | |
Kortrijk railway station | |
General information | |
Location | Stationsplein, 8500 Kortrijk Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°49′27″N 3°15′50″E |
Owned by | NMBS/SNCB |
Operated by | NMBS/SNCB |
Platforms | 8 |
Other information | |
Station code | KORT |
History | |
Opened | 22 September 1839 |
Location | |
Kortrijk Location within Belgium Kortrijk Kortrijk (Europe) |
The following railway lines converge in this station: line 66 (Bruges–Kortrijk) and line 75 (Ghent–Mouscron). Railway lines 69 (Kortrijk–Ieper–Poperinge) and 89 (Denderleeuw–Kortrijk) begin just outside the station. Several national Intercity-trains, Interregio-trains and local trains also stop there, as do international trains like the Intercity-train to Lille-Flandres station in Lille, France.