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Location | Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 1040 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium | ||||
Coordinates | 50°50′34″N4°22′54″E / 50.84278°N 4.38167°E | ||||
Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
Connections | Brussels Metro: 1 5 (at metro station) | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | BXLS | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 17 December 1969 | ||||
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Brussels-Schuman railway station (French : Gare de Bruxelles-Schuman; Dutch : Station Brussel-Schuman) [lower-alpha 1] is a railway station in the City of Brussels, Belgium, serving the European Quarter. The station received its name from the aboveground Robert Schuman Roundabout, itself named after Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO.
Underneath Brussels-Schuman is the rapid transit Schuman station on lines 1 and 5 of the Brussels Metro system, which serves as an important node of the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB).
The original railway line through the station site ran between Brussels-Luxembourg and Brussels-North and was opened on 23 October 1856, though no station was provided. In about 1865, the Grande Compagnie du Luxembourg received subsidies from the state to open stations on the line, by that point surrounded by rapid housing development, and opened a halt called Bruxelles (Rue de la Loi), on a site now occupied by part of the Berlaymont building. The station was closed around 1920.
The site was identified as a future rail and metro connection during the planning and construction of the Berlaymont and Charlemagne buildings, and opened for rail and premetro (underground tram) services on 17 December 1969. The premetro trams were replaced by the new Brussels Metro on 20 September 1976.
From 2008 to 2016, the metro and railway stations underwent major renovation works, increasing the station's capacity by two extra tracks. These connect to a tunnel to the old Schaerbeek-Josaphat station (and marshalling yard) on line 26, in order to offer direct quick connections to Antwerp, Leuven and Brussels Airport. [1] With this third connection, the station has become one of Brussels' largest. Its new glass roof allows more daylight into the station.
The rail station (called Bruxelles-Schuman/Brussel-Schuman) is an elevated station, though its north-eastern end is "underground" as it enters a hillside. Its ticket office is located immediately next to the metro station; at one end of the railway station platforms, a stairway leads down to the Chaussée d'Etterbeek/Etterbeeksesteenweg, coming out close to Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station. Trains travelling between Brussels-South railway station and Namur and Luxembourg call at the station. The National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB)'s code for the station is FBSM.
A new tunnel was opened in April 2016 between Brussels-Schuman and Meiser, providing direct connections to Brussels Airport and stations on the Greater Ring of Brussels.
The station is served by the following service(s):
Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | IC 16 | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Luxembourg | ||
Bordet towards Brussels National Airport | IC 17 weekdays | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Dinant | ||
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | IC 17 weekends | |||
IC 18 weekdays | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Liège-Saint-Lambert | |||
Bordet towards Brussels National Airport | IC 27 weekdays | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Charleroi-Sud | ||
Bockstael towards Aalst | S 4 weekdays | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Mechelen | ||
Meiser towards Mechelen | S 5 weekdays | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Enghien | ||
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid | S 8 | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université | ||
Meiser towards Leuven | S 9 weekdays | Mouterij towards Braine-l'Alleud | ||
Schaarbeek Terminus | S 81 weekdays | Brussels-Luxembourg towards Ottignies |
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