The goods station

The first station in Verviers was built in Gérardchamps. Although it was initially used as a passenger station, it was mainly a goods station with an adjoining customs building. After the removal of this station, the site remained unoccupied for many years. The warehouse, or customs depot, is the only remaining building of the large complex that was the West Station. It is currently occupied by the Hotel Verviers of the Van der Valk group (9) and its restaurant "l'Entrepôt".Note the coats of arms on the facades with the names of the cities with which the Verviers firms traded: Buenos Aires, Sydney, London, Bordeaux and, of course, today's twinned cities such as Roubaix, Bradford, etc.