Limburg
Arrondissement of Tongeren
Alken

Alken railway station

Alken is a railway station in the municipality of , , . The station opened on 8 December 1847 and is located on line 21. The train services are operated by National Railway Company of Belgium.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Belgium
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kasteel Geuzentempel and Kasteel Leva.

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 500 metres west of Alken railway station.

Castle
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is a castle, which is situated 1 km northwest of Alken railway station.

Public building
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is a public building, which is situated 1 km east of Alken railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sint-Lambrechts-Herk and Stevoort.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Hasselt.

Village
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is a sub-municipality of the city of located in the , Flemish Region, . It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Hasselt. is situated 4½ km northwest of Alken railway station.

Hamlet
Photo: Sonuwe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southwest of Alken railway station.

Alken railway station

Latitude
50.88672° or 50° 53′ 12″ north
Longitude
5.29254° or 5° 17′ 33″ east
Elevation
40 metres (131 feet)
Operator
NMBS/SNCB
Open location code
9F27V7PV+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5455051620
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
11398300
Wiki­data ID
Q4714536
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to French—“Alken railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Station Alken (Belgie)”
  • Dutch: “station Alken”
  • Dutch: “Station Alken”
  • French: “Alken”
  • French: “gare d’Alken”
  • French: “Gare d’Alken”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alken railway station”. Photo: Sonuwe, CC BY-SA 3.0.