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Noorderkempen station, an analysis

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    When I started writing this article I originally had intended to write this in a similar vein to my article about Lage Zwaluwe station( Which can be found here! ). This was mostly because in my kneejerk reaction, embodied Noorderkempen station much of the same problems as Lage Zwaluwe station. Far away from any meaningful settlements, poor bus connections, little in the way of facilities etc etc etc. As I began writing the article however I began to realize that I didn't as much disliked the station itself as much as I disliked getting to the station. Unlike Lage Zwaluwe has Noorderkempen station actually quite a lot going for it, it is however held back by the infrastructure around it and the strange decisions made by De Lijn(the Flemish bus company). So today I am taking a departure from complaining about the Netherlands to complain about Belgium instead. There are many things to complain about in Belgium. To the point that complaining about Belgium has almost become a c...