Etterbeek railway station
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Etterbeek railway station (French: Gare d'Etterbeek; Dutch: Station Etterbeek)[a] is a railway station in Brussels, Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). The station is named after the municipality of Etterbeek, though it is located in neighbouring Ixelles, at the Couronne/Kroon crossroad on the Greater Ring. It first opened in 1880, and was, as of 2007, the 29th most used railway station in Belgium, with 5,565 passengers per day.[1][failed verification] In 2014, the station was used by 4,766 passengers on weekdays.
The station is located on line 161, between Germoir/Mouterij and Watermael railway stations. Some trains from line 26 also call at this station between Delta and Boondael.[2]
Train services
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The station is served by the following service(s):
- Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Namur - Dinant (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels - Namur - Dinant (weekends)
- Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liege (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-27) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
- Brussels RER/GEN services (S4) Vilvoorde - Merode - Etterbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Denderleeuw - Aalst (weekdays, peak hours only)
- Brussels RER/GEN services (S5) Mechelen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Halle - Enghien (- Geraardsbergen) (weekdays)
- Brussels RER/GEN services (S8) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve
- Brussels RER/GEN services (S9) Leuven - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Braine-l'Alleud (weekdays, peak hours only)
- Brussels RER/GEN services (S81) Schaarbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Ottignies (weekdays, peak hours only)
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
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Brussels-Luxembourg towards Brussels National Airport | IC 17 weekdays | Ottignies towards Dinant | ||
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | IC 17 weekends | |||
IC 18 weekdays | Ottignies towards Liège-Saint-Lambert | |||
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Brussels National Airport | IC 27 weekdays | Boondael towards Charleroi-Sud | ||
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Aalst | S 4 weekdays | Delta towards Mechelen | ||
Germoir towards Mechelen | S 5 weekdays | Boondael towards Enghien | ||
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | S 8 | Watermael towards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université | ||
Germoir towards Leuven | S 9 weekdays | Boondael towards Braine-l'Alleud | ||
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Schaarbeek | S 81 weekdays | Watermael towards Ottignies |
See also
- List of railway stations in Belgium
- Rail transport in Belgium
- Transport in Brussels
- History of Brussels
References
Footnotes
- ^ Officially Etterbeek
Citations
External links
Media related to Etterbeek station at Wikimedia Commons