Haacht railway station

Haacht
Railway Station
Haacht railway station
General information
Location	Haacht, Flemish Brabant, Belgium
Coordinates	50°57′58″N4°36′49″E / 50.96611°N 4.61361°E / 50.96611; 4.61361
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	53
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
History
Opened	10 September 1837

Haacht is a railway station in Haacht, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened in 1837 on the Line 53 (Mechelen - Leuven).

Old tram station building

Old station in 1900

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• Intercity services (IC-21) Ghent - Dendermonde - Mechelen - Leuven (weekdays)
• Local services (L-20) Sint-Niklaas – Mechelen – Leuven (weekdays)
• Local services (L-20) Mechelen - Leuven (weekends)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Boortmeerbeek towards Gent-Sint-Pieters		IC 21		Wespelaar-Tildonk towards Leuven
Boortmeerbeek towards Sint-Niklaas		L 20 weekdays, except holidays
Boortmeerbeek towards Mechelen		L 20 weekends

Bus services

These bus services depart from the bus stops outside the station. They are operated by De Lijn.

• 270 (Brussels - Haacht - Keerbergen) (an electrical tram service until 1953 and probably later) ^[1]
• 284 (Mechelen - Boortmeerbeek - Haacht - Leuven)
• 470 (Brussels Noord - Haacht Express)
• 660 (Zaventem, Brussels Airport - Haacht - Bonheiden)
• 700 (Haacht - Kampenhout - Boortmeerbeek) Taxibus

References

1. "English: Map of the vicinal railways in the province of Brabant". 16 December 2008.

External links

• belgianrail.be
• De Lijn website Archived 2013-01-15 at the Wayback Machine