Vilvoorde railway station

Vilvoorde
Vilvoorde railway station
General information
Location	Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant Belgium
Coordinates	50°55′27″N4°29′59″E / 50.92417°N 4.49972°E / 50.92417; 4.49972
System	Railway Station
Owned by	NMBS/SNCB
Operated by	NMBS/SNCB
Lines	25, 27, 26
Platforms	6
Tracks	9
Other information
Station code	FVV
History
Opened	5 May 1835;190 years ago (1835-05-05)
Location Vilvoorde Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Vilvoorde Vilvoorde (Europe) Show map of Europe

Vilvoorde railway station (Dutch : Station Vilvoorde; French : Gare de Vilvorde) ^[a] is a railway station in Vilvoorde, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened on 5 May 1835 on the country's first railway, from Brussels to Mechelen; later to become railway lines 25 and 27. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). ^[1]

As of 2021, the dilapidated quays and platforms were being renovated, the station building having been renovated a few years before.

Train services

The station is served by the following services: ^[2]

• Intercity services (IC-11) Binche - Braine-le-Comte - Halle - Brussels - Mechelen - Turnhout (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-11) Binche - Braine-le-Comte - Halle - Brussels - Schaarbeek (weekends)
• Intercity services (IC-22) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels
• Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekdays)
• Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
• Brussels GEN/RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
• Brussels GEN/RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekends)
• Brussels GEN/RER services (S4) Mechelen - Merode - Etterbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Denderleeuw - Aalst (weekdays)
• Brussels GEN/RER services (S5) Mechelen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Halle - Enghien (- Geraardsbergen) (weekdays)
• Brussels GEN/RER services (S5) Mechelen - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Halle (weekends)
• Brussels GEN/RER services (S7) Vilvoorde - Merode - Halle (weekdays)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Binche		IC 11		Mechelen towards Turnhout
Mechelen towards Essen		IC 22 weekdays, except holidays		Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
Mechelen towards Antwerpen-Centraal		IC 22 weekends		Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Binche
		IC 31 weekdays, except holidays		Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
		IC 31 weekends		Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Charleroi-Sud
Eppegem towards Antwerpen-Centraal		S 1 weekdays		Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Nivelles
				Buda towards Nivelles
		S 1 weekends		Schaarbeek towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
Eppegem towards Mechelen		S 4 weekdays		Haren towards Aalst
		S 5 weekdays		Haren towards Enghien
Terminus		S 7 weekdays		Haren towards Vilvoorde

See also

• Belgium portal

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium

Gallery

• 
  New passage
• 
  View of the platforms and tracks
• 
  Another view of the platforms and tracks

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Vilvoorde (Dutch: Vilvoorde; French: Vilvorde)

Citations

1. "VILVOORDE". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
2. "Download the timetable leaflets for IC trains | SNCB". www.belgiantrain.be. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

External links

• Media related to Vilvoorde railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Vilvoorde railway station at Belgian Railways website