Liège-Guillemins railway station

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The train station of Liège - Guillemin is the main railway station, situated within the Walloon region of Belgium city of Liege. The after durchgreifendem remodeling and new construction in September 2009 in its present form was put into operation station is located just outside the city center, in the district of Guillemin. He is the stop for Thalys and InterCity Express trains and thus a node in the European high -speed network. He is also a major railway station in the regional transport of SNCB / NMBS. He is approached by about 500 trains per day.

  • 4.1 international
  • 4.2 daily
  • 4.3 in the week
  • 4.4 weekend

Reasons for building a new railway station, planning

With the advent of high-speed trains was the old train station of Liège - Guillemin as out of date: The platforms were too narrow and strongly curved, also saw the entire station area of run-down. Furthermore, the space for the strong increase in passenger flows were too short and lacking in comfort. In addition, the many level crossings, limited the arrival and departure of trains. The platforms were also too short for all the latest long-distance trains. Since no longer worth an expansion of the old station, its demolition and new construction was approved.

Following an international contest for the post of architect for the new railway station in Liège, the project to the architect Santiago Calatrava was awarded. Calatrava has designed several stations. He designed the previous Stadelhofen station in Zurich, Lucerne Train Station, the railway station Lyon -Saint -Exupéry TGV, intermodal Oriente Station in Lisbon and the new PATH station in New York. Calatrava to build the new station of Mons.

The plans for the new station building began in 1996. Were invested 312 million euros and built in 10,000 tons of steel for the construction of 200 m long, and down and and reminiscent of a ski jump arc of the station roof, which extends up to 40 m above the modernized roadbed rises. In the design of the structure of the planner to have been inspired by a woman is lolling on her back. The building has no exterior facade in the traditional sense; Instead, the transition from inside to outside is designed seamlessly.

Description

The new station is made of steel, glass and white concrete and has a monumental canopy of 200 m length and 35 m height. He originally intended to be completed in April 2006. In fact, it was not until 19 September 2009, two weeks after the completion, opened ..

The main lines ( Aachen ) Welkenraedt - Liege -Brussels were laid in the course of the renovation of the north side of the station. The entry speed into the station was increased from 40 to 100 km / hr.

The new station has nine tracks. The tracks 1 and 2 are served by the ICE International line; on the tracks 3 and 4 trains arrive at Brussels. There are five central platforms with a width of eight meters. Three platforms are equipped with a working length of 450 meters specifically for the maintenance of trains running in double traction Thalys trains, the other two platforms have a length of 350 meters.

The new Liège railway station viewed from the SNCB as a section of the modernization of the Belgian rail links, in the connection of Belgium to the European high -speed rail network between London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne / Frankfurt. Since 2009, the journey time between Cologne and Liege is only an hour away.

Practically still unresolved is the connection of the new station to the urban environment and the regional infrastructure. One economic and urban appreciation of the named after an establishment of the strict order of Wilhelmiten district are predictable over the interests of the current residents of affordable housing and the preservation of the existing social environment.

Images of previous buildings

Around 1975

2007, shortly before demolition of the old station building

Location

Compounds in long-distance and regional traffic

International

  • Thalys Paris-Nord -Brussels- Midi- Liege -Aachen - Cologne - Guillemin (HSL HSL 2 & 3)
  • Paris-Nord - Mons- Charleroi- Namur - Liege Guillemin
  • Brüssel-Midi-Lüttich-Guillemins-Aachen-Köln-Frankfurt/Main (HSL HSL 2 & 3)

Daily

  • IC A: Ostend - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels-Leuven -Liège- Guillemin - Verviers- Eupen - Welkenraedt
  • C: Antwerp -Hasselt - Tongeren - Liege Guillemin
  • M: Liers - Liege - Luxembourg - Guillemin
  • Q: Liege - Guillemin - Welkenraedt -Aachen ( euregioAIXpress )
  • Liège -Palais- Liege - Verviers Guillemin -
  • Liege Guillemin - Waremme
  • Herstal - Liege - Guillemin - Jemelle

In the week

  • IC D: Lille -Tournai -Mons -La Louviere - Charleroi- Namur - Tamines -Huy - Liege - Guillemin - Herstal - Milmort - Liers
  • Q: Quiévrain -Brussels -Liège- Guillemin
  • M: Brussels Ottignies- Gembloux - Namur -Liège -Huy Equip - Guillemin - Herstal - Liers
  • O: Brussels -Liège- Guillemin - Visé
  • Liège -Palais- Liege - Guillemin - Equip

On the weekend

  • IC D: Lille- Namur - Liege - Guillemin -Liège- Palais
  • E: Knokke / Blankenberge Bruges - Ghent -Brussels- Liege - landing - Guillemin / Genk

Transition to the transport

At the station forecourt There are links to the city and regional bus services of the transport company Transport en Commun.

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