Vilvoorde railway station
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 Vilvoorde railway station | |||||||
| General information | |||||||
| Location | Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant Belgium | ||||||
| Coordinates | 50°55′27″N 4°29′59″E / 50.92417°N 4.49972°E | ||||||
| System | Railway Station | ||||||
| Owned by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||||
| Operated by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||||
| Lines | 25, 27, 26 | ||||||
| Platforms | 6 | ||||||
| Tracks | 9 | ||||||
| Other information | |||||||
| Station code | FVV | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Opened | 5 May 1835 | ||||||
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Vilvoorde railway station (Dutch: Station Vilvoorde; French: Gare de Vilvorde)[a] is a railway station in Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 5 May 1835 on the country's first railway, from Brussels to Mechelen; later to become railway lines 25 and 27. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).[1]
As of 2021, the dilapidated quays and platforms were being renovated, the station building having been renovated a few years before.
The station is served by the following services:[2]
- Intercity services (IC-11) Binche - Braine-le-Comte - Halle - Brussels - Mechelen - Turnhout (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-11) Binche - Braine-le-Comte - Halle - Brussels - Schaarbeek (weekends)
- Intercity services (IC-22) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels
- Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekdays)
- Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
- Brussels GEN/RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
- Brussels GEN/RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekends)
- Brussels GEN/RER services (S4) Mechelen - Merode - Etterbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Denderleeuw - Aalst (weekdays)
- Brussels GEN/RER services (S5) Mechelen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Halle - Enghien (- Geraardsbergen) (weekdays)
- Brussels GEN/RER services (S5) Mechelen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Halle (weekends)
- Brussels GEN/RER services (S7) Vilvoorde - Merode - Halle (weekdays)
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Binche |
IC 11 | Mechelen towards Turnhout | ||
| Mechelen towards Essen |
IC 22 weekdays, except holidays |
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | ||
| Mechelen towards Antwerpen-Centraal |
IC 22 weekends |
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Binche | ||
| IC 31 weekdays, except holidays |
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | |||
| IC 31 weekends |
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Charleroi-Sud | |||
| Eppegem towards Antwerpen-Centraal |
S 1 weekdays |
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Nivelles | ||
| Buda towards Nivelles | ||||
| S 1 weekends |
Schaarbeek towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | |||
| Eppegem towards Mechelen |
S 4 weekdays |
Haren towards Aalst | ||
| S 5 weekdays |
Haren towards Enghien | |||
| Terminus | S 7 weekdays |
Haren towards Vilvoorde | ||
