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]

Braine-l'Alleud
Railway Station
Braine-l'Alleud railway station
General information
LocationPlace de la Gare 1,
1420 Braine l'Alleud
Belgium
Coordinates50°41′5″N 4°22′32.78″E / 50.68472°N 4.3757722°E / 50.68472; 4.3757722
Elevation115
Owned bySNCB/NMBS
Operated bySNCB/NMBS
Line(s)115 (disused), 124
Platforms4
Tracks3
Construction
ParkingYes (free and paying)
Bicycle facilitiesYes (free parking)
Other information
Station codeFBD
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened10 April 1874; 150 years ago (1874-04-10)
Electrified19 November 1949
Map
Location
Braine-l'Alleud is located in Belgium
Braine-l'Alleud
Braine-l'Alleud
Location within Belgium
Braine-l'Alleud is located in Europe
Braine-l'Alleud
Braine-l'Alleud
Braine-l'Alleud (Europe)

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 IC 05 Nivelles
IC 07
Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid IC 27
Waterloo S 1
weekdays
Lillios
towards Nivelles
Waterloo 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

  1. ^ Officially Braine-l'Alleud (French: Braine-l'Alleud, Dutch: Eigenbrake)

Citations edit

  1. ^ "BRAINE-L ALLEUD". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Map of train connections in French & Dutch". 17 February 2015. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Extension de l'offre ferroviaire suburbaine autour de Bruxelles grâce à l'ouverture du tunnel Schuman-Josaphat". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Adaptations du plan de transport suite au report de la mise en service du tunnel Schuman- Josaphat". www.belgianrail.be (in French). Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Updated Map of S-Train network" (PDF). SNCB/NMBS. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.