Schaarbeek railway station

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Schaarbeek railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Schaarbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium.

Located to the north-east of the centre of Brussels, the station mainly serves trains travelling between central Brussels and Leuven, Antwerp or Brussels National Airport. On these routes it is the first station trains pass through after the North-South Junction (North, Central and South stations).

The station is relatively large, with 13 platforms, numbered from 3 to 15. Tracks 1 and 2 were used in the past for motorail services carrying passenger cars. These were transferred to Denderleeuw station in 2000, and eventually discontinued in 2003. Schaarbeek station and lies to the south of extensive railway grounds including a goods station and a traction workshop.