Faux railway station
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Faux  | |
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| Railway Station | |
 Faux railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Faux, Walloon Brabant, Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°37′17″N 4°32′55″E / 50.62139°N 4.54861°E |
| Owned by | National Railway Company of Belgium |
| Line(s) | 140 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Tracks | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 August 1901 |
Faux is a railway station in Faux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium. It opened in 1901 on the Line 140 (Ottignies - Fleurus - Charleroi).
Location
[edit]The railway station is located in Faux, Court-Saint-Étienne, Walloon Brabant, Belgium.[1] Faux station is located at kilometric point 7.30 on line 140, from Ottignies to Marcinelle (Charleroi), between the stations of Court-Saint-Étienne and La Roche.
History
[edit]The Belgian State Railways Administration put the stopping point of Faux into service on 1 August 1901. It was originally a simple stopping point depending on the station of La Roche.[2]
In 1909, this stopping point became a full stop; a building, equipped with a counter and facilities for unloading parcels and goods, was built at this time.
Faux became an unmanned stopping point again in 1964.[2] The station building has since been demolished.
Service
[edit]Faux is served by SNCB Suburban (S61) (Réseau express régional de Charleroi), Heure de pointe ("Rush Hour") (P) and Tourist ("Touristiques") (ICT) trains moving on line 140 (Charleroi-Sud - Ottignies).[3]
During the week, the service includes:
- S61 trains between Namur or Jambes and Ottignies via Charleroi-Sud (every hour); every day, three trains are extended toward Wavre or Basse-Wavre;
- Three additional S61 trains between Charleroi-Sud and Ottignies (in the morning);
- Three additional S61 trains between Ottignies and Charleroi-Sud (late afternoon).
- On weekends and public holidays, the service consists of S61 trains between Namur and Ottignies via Charleroi-Sud (every two hours).
During holidays, a single ICT train connects Charleroi-Sud to Bierges-Walibi and Wavre, in the morning, with a return trip in the evening.
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB
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Following station | ||
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| Court-Saint-Etienne towards Ottignies
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L 14 | Charleroi-Sud towards Jambes
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References
[edit]- ^ "Court-St-Étienne: vol de 200 mètres de câbles sur la ligne ferroviaire 140". La Capitale (in French). Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- ^ a b "ST/H/PA - Faux". spoorweggeschiedenis.quartam.on-rev.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ "Brochures de ligne". www.belgiantrain.be (in French). June 14, 202. Retrieved October 12, 2020.