Etterbeek railway station
Etterbeek | |||||||||||
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 Railway Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | General Jacques Bd | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°49′20″N 4°23′22″E / 50.82222°N 4.38944°ECoordinates: 50°49′20″N 4°23′22″E / 50.82222°N 4.38944°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | National Railway Company of Belgium | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | 161, 26 | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||||||||
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| Station code | MTB | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | Brussels | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1880 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1992 (goods) | ||||||||||
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Etterbeek railway station (Dutch: Station Etterbeek, French: Gare d'Etterbeek) is a railway station in Brussels, Belgium operated by SNCB. The station is named after the municipality of Etterbeek though it is located in the neighbouring municipality of 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, 5,565 passengers per day.[1]
The Etterbeek railway station is located on the line 161 Brussels - Namur, between the stations Brussels-Luxembourg and Watermael. Some trains from line 26 also call at this station between Delta and Boondael.[2] Trains calling at Etterbeek are local trains between Binche and Louvain-la-Neuve, Braine-l'Alleud and Aalst and Halle and Mechelen.
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
- Intercity services (IC-17) (Schaarbeek -) Brussels - Namur - Dinant
- Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liege (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-27) Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
- Local services (RER-C) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottingies
- Local services (RER-J) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottingies - Louvain-la-Neuve
- Local services (RER-K) Brussels - Etterbeek - Halle (weekdays)
- Local services (RER-L) Brussels - Etterbeek - Merode - Mechelen (weekdays)
- Local services (RER-N) Aalst - Denderleeuw - Brussels - Etterbeek - Halle (weekdays)
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Schaarbeek | IC 17 | From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Dinant |
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| IC 18 weekdays | toward Liège-Palais |
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Terminus | IC 27 weekdays | toward Charleroi-Sud |
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| RER C | toward Ottignies |
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| RER J | toward Louvain-la-Neuve-Université |
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Terminus | RER K | toward Halle |
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Terminus | RER L weekdays | Delta toward Mechelen |
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toward Aalst | RER N weekdays | toward Halle |
References
- ↑ "NMBS Passenger numbers 2007" (PDF) (in Dutch and French).
- ↑ "Etterbeek". Chemins de fer belges (unofficial).
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