When does the store close/open?

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Sonia.m

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I want to know about the time a store is opened/closed. Are the following OK?

1) When does the store/here close/open?

2) When is the store/here closed/opened?

3) What is the timetable of the store?
 
Do you realise that by writing "the store/here", you have given us a very strange option?

1a. When does the store close/open? (This makes sense.)
1b. When does the here close/open? (This doesn't make sense.)

2a. When is the store closed/opened? (This makes sense.)
2b. When is the here closed/opened? (This doesn't make sense.)

There is really no way to use "here" in your questions. If you're asking a third party, say "What time does the store open and close?" If you're asking someone inside the shop, say "What time do you open and close?"

3. What is the timetable of the store? This doesn't work at all. We say "What are the store's opening hours?"

Note that in BrE, we generally use "shop", not "store".
 
3. What is the timetable of the store? This doesn't work at all. We say "What are the store's opening hours?"

In AmE, we'd omit 'opening', as otherwise it might be interpreted as "What time do you open?"

Of course if you're talking to the owner or employees, you could also ask "What are your hours?"
 
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