Schaarbeek railway station
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Schaarbeek railway station
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| Telegraphic code | FSR |
| Railway line(s) | 25 - 27 - 28 - 36 - 161 |
| Platforms | 13 |
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Schaarbeek - Schaerbeek 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). Although only local trains stop at Schaarbeek, the station also serves as a terminus for a number of interregional and peak-hour services.
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 to destinations mainly in southern France. These were transferred to Denderleeuw station in 2000, and eventually discontinued in 2003. Schaarbeek station lies to the south-west of extensive railway grounds including a goods station and a traction workshop.
The magnificent station building in Flemish Neo-Renaissance style was designed by architect Franz Seulen and built in two phases: the left wing around 1890, the main (right) wing in 1913. The building was listed as a monument by the Brussels Capital Region in 1994 and the facades have been restored. Today, the building is largely disused though: ticket counters are open for a limited time every weekday, and concessions have been closed since the demise of the motorail services. [1]
