Boitsfort railway station

Boitsfort Bosvoorde
Boitsfort/Bosvoorde railway station
General information
Location	Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium
System	Railway Station
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Line	161 (Brussels-Namur)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	MBR
History
Opened	23 August 1854;171 years ago (1854-08-23)
Passengers
2014	703
Location Boitsfort Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Boitsfort Boitsfort (Europe) Show map of Europe

Boitsfort railway station (French : Gare de Boitsfort) or Bosvoorde railway station (Dutch : Station Bosvoorde) ^[a] is a railway station in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). It lies on line 161, between Watermael and Groenendaal railway stations. ^[1]

The station can be accessed via the Chaussée de La Hulpe/Terhulpsesteenweg next to the Sonian Forest and the Boitsfort Hippodrome. Many companies have offices nearby the station, for instance Emakina, Asahi Glass Co. and SAP AG.^{[ citation needed ]}

Train services

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

• Brussels RER services (S8) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve
• Brussels RER services (S81) Schaarbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Ottignies (weekdays, peak hours only)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Watermael towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid		S 8		Groenendaal towards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université
Watermael towards Schaarbeek		S 81 weekdays		Groenendaal towards Ottignies

See also

• Trains portal
• Belgium portal

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

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Boitsfort/Bosvoorde (French: Boitsfort; Dutch: Bosvoorde)

Citations

1. "Ligne 161".

External links

• Media related to Boitsfort train station at Wikimedia Commons

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