Railway Station | |||||
General information | |||||
Location | Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium | ||||
Coordinates | 51°11′57″N4°25′59″E / 51.19917°N 4.43306°E | ||||
Owned by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||
Operated by | NMBS/SNCB | ||||
Line(s) | 25, 27, 27A, 59 | ||||
Platforms | 10 | ||||
Tracks | 10 | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 1 March 1865 | ||||
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Antwerpen-Berchem railway station (Dutch : Station Antwerpen-Berchem; French : Gare d'Anvers-Berchem) [lower-alpha 1] is a railway station in Berchem, in the south of Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 1 March 1865 [1] [2] and currently serves railway lines 25, 27, 27A and 59. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). [3]
From opening until 1975, the station was simply known as Berchem, later changing to Berchem (Antwerpen), at a time that international trains stopped here instead of Antwerpen Oost. In 1983, when Berchem and Antwerp became one city, the station was renamed Antwerpen-Berchem.
International Thalys and Benelux services (from Amsterdam to Brussels and Paris) stopped calling at this station, following the opening of the North-South tunnel under Antwerpen-Centraal. Since December 2014, the Benelux service (Amsterdam–Brussels) calls at the station again.
The following services currently the serve the station:
Tram lines 4, 9 and 11 serve the station, these are operated by De Lijn.
Bus services 20, 21, 30, 32, 38, 51, 52, 53, 90, 91, 92, 93, 298, 420, 421 and 422 serve the station, these are operated by De Lijn. [4]
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