Railway Station | |||||
![]() 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 | ||||
Owned by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||
Operated by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||
Line(s) | 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.
Train services
[edit]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 | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Binche
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IC 11 | Mechelen towards Turnhout
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Mechelen towards Essen
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IC 22 weekdays, except holidays
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Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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Mechelen towards Antwerpen-Centraal
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IC 22 weekends
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Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Binche
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IC 31 weekdays, except holidays
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Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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IC 31 weekends
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Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Charleroi-Sud
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Eppegem towards Antwerpen-Centraal
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S 1 weekdays
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Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Nivelles
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Buda towards Nivelles
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S 1 weekends
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Schaarbeek towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
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Eppegem towards Mechelen
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S 4 weekdays
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Haren towards Aalst
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S 5 weekdays
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Haren towards Enghien
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Terminus | S 7 weekdays
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Haren towards Vilvoorde
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See also
[edit]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
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "VILVOORDE". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
- ^ "Download the timetable leaflets for IC trains | SNCB". www.belgiantrain.be. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
External links
[edit]Media related to Vilvoorde railway station at Wikimedia Commons
- Vilvoorde railway station at Belgian Railways website