Schuman railway station
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.JPG) Old station platform, now being replaced by renovations to expand station. | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′34″N 4°22′54″E / 50.84278°N 4.38167°ECoordinates: 50°50′34″N 4°22′54″E / 50.84278°N 4.38167°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | National Railway Company of Belgium | |||||||||||||||
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| Station code | BXLS | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 December 1969 | |||||||||||||||
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Schuman station is a railway and metro station in the City of Brussels located above the Schuman metro station. The station serves the European quarter of Brussels.
Rail
The rail station (called Brussel-Schuman/Bruxelles-Schuman) is an elevated station, though its northeastern end is "underground" as it enters a hillside. Its ticket office is located immediately next to the metro station; at one end of the railway station platforms, a stairway leads down to the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station. Trains travelling between Brussels South station and Namur and Luxembourg call at the station. The NMBS/SNCB code for the station is FBSM.
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
- EuroCity services (IC-34) Brussels - Namur - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel
- Intercity services (IC-16) Brussels - Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg
- Intercity services (IC-17) (Schaarbeek -) Brussels - Namur - Dinant
- Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liege (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S4) Aalst - Denderleeuw - Brussels-Luxembourg (- Etterbeek - Merode - Vilvoorde) (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S5) Mechelen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Halle - Enghien (- Geraardsbergen) (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S8) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve
- Brussels RER services (S9) Leuven - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Braine-l'Alleud (weekdays, peak hours only)
- Brussels RER services (S81) Schaarbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Ottignies (weekdays, peak hours only)
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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| EuroCity | toward Basel SBB |
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| IC 16 | toward Luxembourg |
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From Monday to Friday, except holidays Terminus | IC 17 | From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Dinant |
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| IC 18 weekdays | toward Liège-Palais |
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toward Aalst | S 4 weekdays | Terminus |
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toward Mechelen | S 5 weekdays | toward Enghien |
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| S 8 | toward Louvain-la-Neuve-Université |
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toward Leuven | S 9 weekdays | toward Braine-l'Alleud |
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Terminus | S 81 weekdays | toward Ottignies |
A new tunnel was due to open in time for December 2015 between Brussels-Schuman and Meiser, however this has been delayed until April 2016, affecting some of the services above.
Renovation
The station is currently undergoing major renovation works, increasing the station's capacity by 2 extra tracks. These will connect to a tunnel to the old Schaerbeek-Josaphat station (and marshalling yard) on line 26, in order to offer direct quick connections to Antwerp, Leuven and Brussels Airport.[1] With this third connection, the station will become one of Brussels' largest and have a new glass roof allowing more daylight into the station.
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Above ground works, winter 2011. Major above ground work not yet begun. Résidence Palace under construction in background.
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Looking into the new tunnel Jan 2015. Track has now been laid
Area
This station is in the centre of the European quarter of Brussels, being adjacent to the Berlaymont building (headquarters of the European Commission), the Justus Lipsius building (Council of the European Union) and numerous other EU offices. The station is named after the area around the Schuman roundabout, which was named after Robert Schuman. The station sits on the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, a major city thoroughfare, and is close to Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark.
References
- ↑ "Le tunnel Schuman-Josaphat Un chantier près de chez vous" (PDF). Info Riverains. Infrabel. 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
External links
Media related to Schuman station, Brussels at Wikimedia Commons
- A peek on the future Schuman Station - December 9, 2007 ifrancis blog
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