Liège Guillemins

Introduction

Liege Gyman Station is located in Liege, Belgium and is currently available for 9 months. As an important node of the European high-speed rail network, the Hercules high-speed train (Thalys) and the German-made Intercity Express (ICE) stop here. This station is also an important hub for local traffic operated by the Belgian National Railway. About 500 trains pass through the station every day.

It is arguably the most amazing 21st century railway station in Europe. If you are interested in building and take the train past Liège-Guillemins, please get off and take the next train! It is also a relatively easy to use train station, although in a windy winter, it is best to have a passenger passage under the platform until a few minutes before the train departs.

Although the building is beautiful, its conservation is not ideal.

Platform

The new station house uses steel, glass and white concrete as building materials. Its magnificent dome is 200 meters long and 35 meters above the ground. The station was originally scheduled to be completed in April 2006, but was actually postponed until September 19, 2009, two weeks after the completion of the entire building, officially opened.

There are a total of nine tracks at the station: the 1st and 2nd track lines are used for the ICE international line, and the 3rd and 4th lines are used for trains to Brussels. There are five 8-meter-wide island platforms, three of which are 450m long for the re-connected Hercules high-speed train; the other two are 300m long.

The Belgian National Railways regards the construction of the new train train in Liège as part of the modernization of the Belgian railway, optimising its position in the European high-speed rail network connecting London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Cologne and Frankfurt. After 2009, the operation time of Cologne and Liège was shortened to less than one hour.

Canterbury West

Liège ( lee-EZH, lee-AYZH, French: [ljɛʒ] , locally [li.eʃ]; Walloon: Lidje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] ; German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç]) is a major Walloon city and municipality and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about 33 km (20.5 mi) to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about 53 km (32.9 mi) north-east). At Liège, the Meuse meets the River Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The Liège municipality (i.e. the city proper) includes the former communes of Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. This includes a total of 52 municipalities, among others, Herstal and Seraing. Liège ranks as the third most populous urban area in Belgium, after Brussels and Antwerp, and the fourth municipality after Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi.

Canterbury ( , ) is a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, situated in the heart of the City of Canterbury, a local government district of Kent, England. It lies on the River Stour. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the primate of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion owing to the importance of St Augustine, who served as the apostle to the pagan Kingdom of Kent around the turn of the 7th century. The city's cathedral became a major focus of pilgrimage following the 1170 martyrdom of Thomas Becket, although it had already been a well-trodden pilgrim destination since the murder of St Alphege by the men of King Canute in 1012. A journey of pilgrims to Becket's shrine served as the frame for Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century classic The Canterbury Tales. Canterbury is a popular tourist destination: consistently one of the most-visited cities in the United Kingdom, the city's economy is heavily reliant upon tourism. The city has been occupied since Paleolithic times and served as the capital of the Celtic Cantiaci and Jute Kingdom of Kent. Many historical structures fill the area, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle, and the oldest extant school in the world, the King's School. Modern additions include the Marlowe Theatre and the St Lawrence Ground, home of the Kent County Cricket Club. There is also a substantial student population, brought about by the presence of the University of Kent, Canterbury Christ Church University, the University for the Creative Arts, and the Girne American University Canterbury campus. Canterbury remains, however, a small city in terms of geographical size and population, when compared with other British cities.