Jette railway station
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Jette railway station (French: Gare de Jette, Dutch: Station Jette)[a] is a railway station in the municipality of Jette in Brussels, Belgium, opened in 1892.[1] The station, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB), is located south of King Baudouin Park on the Place Cardinal Mercier/Kardinaal Mercierplein. It lies on line 50, between Bockstael and Berchem-Sainte-Agathe railway stations.[2]
Nearby is the Gare de Jette/Jette Station stop of the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB), which offers a connection with Brussels tram route 19, as well as bus routes 53 and 88.
History
The station opened on 17 September 1858.[3] The current building, whose facade is protected, dates from 1892.[1]
Train services
The station is served by the following service(s):
- Intercity services (IC-20) Lokeren - Dendermonde - Brussels - Aalst - Ghent (weekends)
- Intercity services (IC-26) Sint-Niklaas - Lokeren - Dendermonde - Brussels - Halle - Tournai - Kortrijk (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S3) Dendermonde - Brussels - Denderleeuw - Zottegem - Oudenaarde (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S4) Aalst - Denderleeuw - Brussels-Luxembourg (- Etterbeek - Merode - Vilvoorde) (weekdays)
- Brussels RER services (S10) Dendermonde - Brussels - Denderleeuw - Aalst
Preceding station | ![]() | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Dendermonde towards Lokeren | IC 20 weekends | Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Gent-Sint-Pieters | ||
Dendermonde towards Sint-Niklaas | IC 26 weekdays | Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Kortrijk | ||
Zellik towards Dendermonde | S 3 | Bockstael towards Oudenaarde | ||
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe towards Aalst | S 4 weekdays | Bockstael towards Mechelen | ||
Zellik towards Dendermonde | S 10 | Thurn en Taxis towards Aalst | ||
Berchem-Sainte-Agathe towards Aalst | S 10 | Bockstael towards Dendermonde |
See also
- List of railway stations in Belgium
- Rail transport in Belgium
- Transport in Brussels
- History of Brussels
References
Footnotes
- ^ Officially Jette
Citations
External links
Media related to Jette train station at Wikimedia Commons