Boitsfort railway station
Boitsfort Bosvoorde  | |||||
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| Railway Station | |||||
 Boitsfort/Bosvoorde railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium | ||||
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Line(s) | 161 (Brussels-Namur) | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | MBR | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 23 August 1854 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2014 | 703 | ||||
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Boitsfort railway station (French: Gare de Boitsfort) or Bosvoorde railway station (Dutch: Station Bosvoorde)[a] is a railway station in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). It lies on line 161, between Watermael and Groenendaal railway stations.[1]
The station can be accessed via the Chaussée de La Hulpe/Terhulpsesteenweg next to the Sonian Forest and the Boitsfort Hippodrome. Many companies have offices nearby the station, for instance Emakina, Asahi Glass Co. and SAP AG.[citation needed]
Train services
[edit]The station is served by the following service(s):
- Brussels RER services (S8) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve
- Brussels RER services (S81) Schaarbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Ottignies (weekdays, peak hours only)
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB
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Following station | ||
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| Watermael towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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S 8 | Groenendaal towards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université
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| Watermael towards Schaarbeek
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S 81 weekdays
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Groenendaal towards Ottignies
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See also
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- List of railway stations in Belgium
- Rail transport in Belgium
- Transport in Brussels
- History of Brussels
References
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Officially Boitsfort/Bosvoorde (French: Boitsfort; Dutch: Bosvoorde)
Citations
[edit]External links
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Media related to Boitsfort train station at Wikimedia Commons
