Vilvoorde railway station

Railway station in Flemish Brabant, Belgium

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.

Train services

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)

See also

• Belgium portal

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium

Gallery

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  New passage
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  View of the platforms and tracks
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  Another view of the platforms and tracks

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Vilvoorde (Dutch: Vilvoorde; French: Vilvorde)

Citations

1. "VILVOORDE". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
2. "Download the timetable leaflets for IC trains | SNCB". www.belgiantrain.be. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

External links

• Media related to Vilvoorde railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Vilvoorde railway station at Belgian Railways website