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Boitsfort railway station (french: Gare de Boitsfort) or Bosvoorde railway station ( nl, Station Bosvoorde), nl, Bosvoorde, link=no) is a
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Watermael-Boitsfort Watermael-Boitsfort () or Watermaal-Bosvoorde () is a residential suburb of the city of Brussels in Belgium, and one of the 19 municipalities which form the Brussels-Capital Region. The municipality has a total area of of which 58 percent is cov ...
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, Belgium, operated by the
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(NMBS/SNCB). It lies on line 161, between Watermael and Groenendaal railway stations. The station can be accessed via the / next to the
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and the Boitsfort Hippodrome. Many companies have offices nearby the station, for instance Emakina,
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Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): *Brussels RER services (S8) ''Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve'' *Brussels RER services (S81) ''Schaarbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Ottignies'' (weekdays, peak hours only)


See also

*
List of railway stations in Belgium This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Belgium sorted by the average number of passengers boarding daily on weekdays in 2014. The province is also listed, unless the station lies within the Brussels-Capital Region and therefore does not ...
*
Rail transport in Belgium Belgium has an extensive rail network. It is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC). The UIC Country Code for Belgium is 88. History On May 5, 1835, the first railway in continental Europe opened between Brussels-Groendreef/All ...
* Transport in Brussels *
History of Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...


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* {{coord, 50.7947, 4.4082, type:railwaystation_region:BE, display=title Railway stations in Brussels Watermael-Boitsfort Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1854 1854 establishments in Belgium