Antwerpen-Berchem railway station

Location
	Antwerpen-Berchem Location within Belgium Antwerpen-Berchem Antwerpen-Berchem (Europe)

Antwerpen-Berchem
Antwerpen-Berchem
Railway Station
	Antwerpen-Berchem railway station
General information
Location	Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium
Coordinates	51°11′57″N 4°25′59″E / 51.19917°N 4.43306°E
Owned by	NMBS/SNCB
Operated by	NMBS/SNCB
Line(s)	25, 27, 27A, 59
Platforms	10
Tracks	10
History
Opened	1 March 1865; 159 years ago
Location
Location
	Antwerpen-Berchem Location within Belgium Antwerpen-Berchem Antwerpen-Berchem (Europe)

Antwerpen-Berchem railway station (Dutch: Station Antwerpen-Berchem; French: Gare d'Anvers-Berchem)^[a] is a railway station in Berchem, in the south of Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 1 March 1865^[1]^[2] and currently serves railway lines 25, 27, 27A and 59. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).^[3]

History

From opening until 1975, the station was simply known as Berchem, later changing to Berchem (Antwerpen), at a time that international trains stopped here instead of Antwerpen Oost. In 1983, when Berchem and Antwerp became one city, the station was renamed Antwerpen-Berchem.

International Thalys and Benelux services (from Amsterdam to Brussels and Paris) stopped calling at this station, following the opening of the North-South tunnel under Antwerpen-Centraal. Since December 2014, the Benelux service (Amsterdam–Brussels) calls at the station again.

Train services

The following services currently the serve the station:

Intercity services (IC-02) Antwerp - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Bruges - Ostend
Intercity services (IC-04) Antwerp - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - Poperinge/Lille
Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-08) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels Airport - Leuven - Hasselt
Intercity services (IC-09) Antwerp - Lier - Aarschot - Leuven (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-09) Antwerp - Lier - Aarschot - Hasselt - Liege (weekends)
Intercity services (IC-10) Antwerp - Mol - Hamont/Hasselt
Intercity services (IC-22) Essen - Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-22) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Binche (weekends)
Intercity services (IC-28) Antwerp - Sint-Niklaas - Gent (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-30) Antwerp - Herentals - Turnhout
Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
Intercity services (IC-35) Amsterdam - The Hague - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Antwerp - Brussels Airport - Brussels
Local services (L-22) Roosendaal - Essen - Antwerp - Puurs (weekdays)
Local services (L-23) Antwerp - Aarschot - Leuven
Local services (L-24) Antwerp - Herentals - Mol (weekdays)
Local services (L-30) Antwerp - Lokeren
Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekends)

Preceding station	NS International		Following station
Antwerpen-Centraal towards Amsterdam Centraal		Intercity Direct 9200	Mechelen towards Brussels-South
Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB		Following station
Antwerpen-Centraal Terminus		IC 02	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Oostende
		IC 04	Sint-Niklaas towards Lille-Flandres or Poperinge
		IC 05	Mechelen towards Charleroi-Sud
		IC 05	Mortsel-Oude-God towards Charleroi-Sud
		IC 08	Mechelen towards Hasselt
		IC 09 weekdays, except holidays	Lier towards Leuven
		IC 09 weekends	Lier towards Liège-Guillemins
		IC 10	Lier towards Hamont or Hasselt
Antwerpen-Centraal towards Essen		IC 22 weekdays, except holidays	Mortsel-Oude-God towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
Antwerpen-Centraal Terminus		IC 22 weekends	Mortsel-Oude-God towards Binche
		IC 28 weekends	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Gent-Sint-Pieters
		IC 30	Lier towards Turnhout
		IC 31	Mechelen towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
Antwerpen-Centraal towards Roosendaal		L 22 weekdays	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Puurs
Antwerpen-Centraal Terminus		L 23	Mortsel towards Leuven
		L 24 weekdays	Mortsel towards Mol
		L 30	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Lokeren
		S 1 weekdays	Mortsel towards Nivelles
		S 1 weekends	Mortsel-Deurnesteenweg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid

Tram services

Tram lines 4, 9 and 11 serve the station, these are operated by De Lijn.

Bus services

Bus services 20, 21, 30, 32, 38, 51, 52, 53, 90, 91, 92, 93, 298, 420, 421 and 422 serve the station, these are operated by De Lijn.^[4]

References

Footnotes

^ Officially Antwerpen-Berchem (Dutch: Antwerpen-Berchem; French: Anvers-Berchem)

Citations

^ "D'Anvers-Berchem" (in Dutch). Schenkel. 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ Chemin de fer de l'Etat : Tarif pour le transport des voyageurs. Exposé des résultats de la réforme introduite le 1er mai 1866 (in French). Fr. Gobbaerts. 1869. p. 26.
^ "ANTWERPEN-BERCHEM". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "De Lijn". www.delijn.be. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

External links

[fn1-1] Officially Antwerpen-Berchem (Dutch: Antwerpen-Berchem; French: Anvers-Berchem)

[Schenkel-2011-2] "D'Anvers-Berchem" (in Dutch). Schenkel. 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

[3] Chemin de fer de l'Etat : Tarif pour le transport des voyageurs. Exposé des résultats de la réforme introduite le 1er mai 1866 (in French). Fr. Gobbaerts. 1869. p. 26.

[4] "ANTWERPEN-BERCHEM". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[5] "De Lijn". www.delijn.be. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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