Bockstael railway station (French: Gare de Bockstael, Dutch: Station Bockstael)[a] is a railway station in Brussels, Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). It opened in 1982 to replace Laeken railway station.[1]
The station is located in the City of Brussels on line 50,[2] between Brussels-North and Jette railway stations. It is named after the nearby Place Emile Bockstael/Emile Bockstaelplein.
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
- Brussels RER services (S3) Dendermonde - Brussels - Denderleeuw - Zottegem - Oudenaarde (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S4) Aalst - Denderleeuw - Brussels-Luxembourg (- Etterbeek - Merode - Vilvoorde) (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S10) Dendermonde - Brussels - Denderleeuw - Aalst
| Preceding station |  NMBS/SNCB
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jette towards Dendermonde
|
S 3 | Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Oudenaarde
| ||
| Jette towards Aalst
|
S 4 weekdays
|
Brussels-Schuman towards Mechelen
| ||
| S 10 | Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Dendermonde
| |||
Connections
The station offers a connection with Bockstael metro station on 6 of the Brussels Metro system, Brussels tram routes 62 and 93, as well as bus routes 49, 53, 88 and 89. Many buses of the Flemish transport company De Lijn also stop there.
See also
- List of railway stations in Belgium
- Rail transport in Belgium
- Transport in Brussels
- History of Brussels
References
Footnotes
- ^ Officially Bockstael
Citations
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Gares Infrabel".
External links
Media related to Bockstael train station at Wikimedia Commons
