Braine-l'Alleud railway station
Braine-l'Alleud railway station (French: Gare de Braine-l'Alleud, Dutch: Station Eigenbrakel)[a] is a railway station in Braine-l'Alleud, Walloon Brabant, Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS). The station is located on railway line 124, from Brussels-South to Charleroi-Central.[1]
| Railway Station | |||||
Braine-l'Alleud railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Place de la Gare 1, 1420 Braine l'Alleud Belgium | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°41′5″N 4°22′32.78″E / 50.68472°N 4.3757722°E | ||||
| Elevation | 115 | ||||
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Line(s) | 115 (disused), 124 | ||||
| Platforms | 4 | ||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Parking | Yes (free and paying) | ||||
| Bicycle facilities | Yes (free parking) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FBD | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 10 April 1874 | ||||
| Electrified | 19 November 1949 | ||||
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The station was open for service in 1874 by the Belgian State Railways. As a station of the SNCB/NMBS, it is served by the following types of trains: InterCity (IC), S Train (S) and Rush Hour trains (P).
Train services edit
The station is served by the following services:
- Intercity services (IC-05 (4500 - 4549) Charleroi - Nivelles - Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerp[2]
- Intercity services (IC-07 (2000 - 2049) Charleroi - Nivelles - Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerp
- Intercity services (IC-27 (4000 - 4049) Charleroi - Nivelles - Braine-l'Alleud - Brussels-Luxembourg - Brussels-Schuman - Bordet - Brussels Airport
- Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles
- Brussels RER services (S1) Brussels-North - Brussels-Central Brussels-South - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekends)
- Brussels RER services (S9) (Landen -) Leuven - Brussels-Schuman - Brussels-Luxembourg - Braine-l'Alleud (weekdays only)
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid towards Antwerpen-Centraal | IC 05 | Nivelles towards Charleroi-Sud | ||
| IC 07 | ||||
| Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid towards Brussels National Airport | IC 27 | |||
| Waterloo towards Antwerpen-Centraal | S 1 weekdays | Lillios towards Nivelles | ||
| Waterloo towards Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord | S 1 weekends | |||
| Waterloo towards Leuven | S 9 weekdays | Terminus | ||
The Brussels Regional Express Network (RER/GEN) services (S9) is running its full service since Monday 4 April 2016.[3] The delay was due to delayed works on the Schuman-Josaphat tunnel.[4] An updated map can be found on the SNCB/NMBS's website.[5]
See also edit
References edit
Footnotes edit
Citations edit
- ^ "BRAINE-L ALLEUD". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ . 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ "Extension de l'offre ferroviaire suburbaine autour de Bruxelles grâce à l'ouverture du tunnel Schuman-Josaphat". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
- ^ . www.belgianrail.be (in French). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ "Updated Map of S-Train network" (PDF). SNCB/NMBS. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.