Diepenbeek railway station

Diepenbeek railway station is a railway stop on the Hasselt-Liège railway in the Belgian municipality of Diepenbeek.

Diepenbeek
Railway Station
Location	Diepenbeek
Coordinates	50°54′40″N 5°25′05″E
Owned by	Infrabel
Operated by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	34
Platforms	1
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	1000324
History
Opened	1856-10-01 1991-06-02
Closed	1957-09-29
Services
Preceding station   SNCB / NMBS   Following station Hasselt toward Gent-Sint-Pieters IC 20 Bilzen toward Tongeren Hasselt Terminus IC 13 Bilzen toward Maastricht Hasselt toward Liège-Guillemins IC 09 weekends Bilzen toward Leuven
Location
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The station was opened in 1856 along the new railway line between Hasselt and Maastricht. In the end of the 1950s, the station lost importance and was closed.

After the Limburg University Center was established near the former station in 1973, there was an increasing demand from students to reopen the station. This finally happened in 1991, when a stop was opened at the site of the former station.

In the context of the Spartacus plan, all level crossings in Diepenbeek will be removed, including the level crossing in Stationsstraat. They will be replaced by passenger underpasses. In addition, the platforms will be renewed in 2021 and raised to the new standard of 76 centimeters.[1]