List of busiest railway stations in Belgium

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This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Belgium sorted by the average number of passengers boarding daily on weekdays in 2014. [1] The province is also listed, unless the station lies within the Brussels-Capital Region and therefore does not belong to any province.

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1 – Brussels-South
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5 – Antwerpen-Centraal
11 - Liege-Guillemins Vue de la gare des Guillemins.jpg
11 – Liège-Guillemins
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22 – Oostende

The figures include only passenger traffic on national rail services. Numbers for passengers on international trains like Eurostar, Thalys and other high-speed rail services are excluded.

RankStationProvincePassengers
1 Brussels-South Brussels-Capital Region 61,941
2 Brussels-Central Brussels-Capital Region61,234
3 Brussels-North Brussels-Capital Region58,345
4 Gent-Sint-Pieters East Flanders 54,169
5 Antwerpen-Centraal Antwerp 34,265
6 Leuven Flemish Brabant 32,247
7 Namur Namur 18,704
8 Mechelen Antwerp 18,593
9 Brugge West Flanders 18,122
10 Ottignies Walloon Brabant 17,753
11 Liège-Guillemins Liège 17,467
12 Charleroi-Central Hainaut 13,223
13 Antwerpen-Berchem Antwerp12,212
14 Kortrijk West Flanders10,061
15 Mons Hainaut9,434
16 Denderleeuw East Flanders8,748
17 Sint-Niklaas East Flanders7,259
18 Aalst East Flanders7,112
19 Tournai Hainaut7,001
20 Hasselt Limburg 6,977
21 Brussels-Luxembourg Brussels-Capital Region6,942
22 Oostende West Flanders6,939
23 Gembloux Namur6,721
24 Louvain-La-Neuve Walloon Brabant6,518
25DendermondeEast Flanders6,487
26 Brussels-Schuman Brussels-Capital Region6,441
27ZottegemEast Flanders5,990
28 Brussels National Airport Flemish Brabant5,663
29 Vilvoorde Flemish Brabant5,460
30 Gent-Dampoort East Flanders5,231

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References

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