Etterbeek railway station
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Etterbeek  | |||||
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| Railway Station | |||||
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| Location | Boulevard Général Jacques / Generaal Jacqueslaan 1050 Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°49′20″N 4°23′22″E / 50.82222°N 4.38944°E | ||||
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Line(s) | 161, 26 | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
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| Station code | MTB | ||||
| Fare zone | Brussels | ||||
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| Opened | 25 September 1880 | ||||
| Closed | 1992 (goods) | ||||
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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 | NMBS/SNCB
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Following station | ||
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| Brussels-Luxembourg towards Brussels National Airport
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IC 17 weekdays
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Ottignies towards Dinant
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| Brussels-Luxembourg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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IC 17 weekends
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| IC 18 weekdays
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Ottignies towards Liège-Saint-Lambert
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| Brussels-Luxembourg towards Brussels National Airport
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IC 27 weekdays
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Boondael towards Charleroi-Sud
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| Brussels-Luxembourg towards Aalst
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S 4 weekdays
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Delta towards Mechelen
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| Germoir towards Mechelen
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S 5 weekdays
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Boondael towards Enghien
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| Brussels-Luxembourg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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S 8 | Watermael towards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université
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| Germoir towards Leuven
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S 9 weekdays
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Boondael towards Braine-l'Alleud
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| Brussels-Luxembourg towards Schaarbeek
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S 81 weekdays
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Watermael towards Ottignies
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See also
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- List of railway stations in Belgium
- Rail transport in Belgium
- Transport in Brussels
- History of Brussels
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Officially Etterbeek
Citations
[edit]- ^ "NMBS Passenger numbers 2007" (PDF) (in Dutch and French).[dead link]
- ^ "Etterbeek". Chemins de fer belges (unofficial).
External links
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Media related to Etterbeek station at Wikimedia Commons
