Etterbeek railway station

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Etterbeek
Railway Station
General information
Location	Boulevard Général Jacques / Generaal Jacqueslaan 1050 Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′20″N 4°23′22″E / 50.82222°N 4.38944°E / 50.82222; 4.38944
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Line(s)	161, 26
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	MTB
Fare zone	Brussels
History
Opened	25 September 1880; 144 years ago (1880-09-25)
Closed	1992 (goods)
Location Etterbeek Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Etterbeek Etterbeek (Europe) Show map of Europe

Etterbeek railway station (French: Gare d'Etterbeek; Dutch: Station Etterbeek)^[a] is a railway station in Brussels, Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). The station is named after the municipality of Etterbeek, though it is located in neighbouring Ixelles, at the Couronne/Kroon crossroad on the Greater Ring. It first opened in 1880, and was, as of 2007, the 29th most used railway station in Belgium, with 5,565 passengers per day.^{[1][failed verification]} In 2014, the station was used by 4,766 passengers on weekdays.

The station is located on line 161, between Germoir/Mouterij and Watermael railway stations. Some trains from line 26 also call at this station between Delta and Boondael.^[2]

The station is served by the following service(s):

• Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Namur - Dinant (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels - Namur - Dinant (weekends)
• Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liege (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-27) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
• Brussels RER/GEN services (S4) Vilvoorde - Merode - Etterbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Denderleeuw - Aalst (weekdays, peak hours only)
• Brussels RER/GEN services (S5) Mechelen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Halle - Enghien (- Geraardsbergen) (weekdays)
• Brussels RER/GEN services (S8) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve
• Brussels RER/GEN services (S9) Leuven - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Braine-l'Alleud (weekdays, peak hours only)
• Brussels RER/GEN services (S81) Schaarbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Ottignies (weekdays, peak hours only)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Brussels National Airport		IC 17 weekdays		Ottignies towards Dinant
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid		IC 17 weekends
		IC 18 weekdays		Ottignies towards Liège-Saint-Lambert
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Brussels National Airport		IC 27 weekdays		Boondael towards Charleroi-Sud
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Aalst		S 4 weekdays		Delta towards Mechelen
Germoir towards Mechelen		S 5 weekdays		Boondael towards Enghien
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid		S 8		Watermael towards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université
Germoir towards Leuven		S 9 weekdays		Boondael towards Braine-l'Alleud
Brussels-Luxembourg towards Schaarbeek		S 81 weekdays		Watermael towards Ottignies

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium
• Transport in Brussels
• History of Brussels

• Media related to Etterbeek station at Wikimedia Commons