Brussels-West Station (french: Gare de l'Ouest, nl, Weststation) is a multimodal transport hub located in the

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Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (French, ) or (Dutch, ), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, from which it is separated b ...

, in the western part 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 ...

, Belgium. The metro station opened on 6 October 1982 as part of the Beekkant– Saint Guidon/Sint-Guido extension of former line 1B. Following the reorganisation of the

Brussels Metro The Brussels Metro (french: Métro de Bruxelles, nl, Brusselse metro) is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of four conventional metro lines and three ''premetro'' lines. The me ...

on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1, 2, 5 and 6.

History

The train station was initially opened in 1872 on the western orbital railroad of Brussels, line 28. It used to be an extensive goods yard, with the station building located close to the current location of Beekkant metro station. After the closure of the goods yard, the platforms were moved south. The train station was closed for passengers in 1984, but reopened in December 2009 in the framework of the

Brussels Regional Express Network The Brussels S-train, also known as the Brussels Regional Express Network (french: Réseau Express Régional Bruxellois or RER); ( nl, Gewestelijk ExpresNet or GEN) is a suburban rail system in the Brussels Capital Region. It will offer fast conne ...

(RER/GEN) project. From 6 October 1982, the station was also served by the former line 1B of the

. With the completion of the loop of the line 2 and the reorganisation of the Brussels metro network in April 2009, all Brussels metro lines ( 1, 2, 5 and 6) now serve the station. The station also connects with tram and bus lines, and the new Jacques Brel bus and metro depot has been built nearby.

Current services

Since its rebuilding in 2009, the West Station is becoming a major multimodal transport hub in western Brussels which will gain importance in the framework of the Brussels RER/GEN development.

National Rail ( SNCB/NMBS)

The station is served by the following service(s): * Brussels RER/GEN services (S10) ''Dendermonde - Brussels - Denderleeuw - Aalst''

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( STIB/MIVB)

On the metro network, the station is called ''Gare de l'Ouest'' in French and ''Weststation'' in Dutch. It is served by all metro lines ( 1- 5 and 2- 6). Changing between the two metro lines (1/5 and 2/6), is however, very cumbersome, requiring passengers to go up the escalator, leave the fare controlled area and cross the main railway line and down through a fare gate again. That change is better done at the next station, Beekkant.

Brussels tram The tram (or streetcar) system in Brussels, Belgium is the 16th largest tram system in the world by route length, in 2017 providing 149.1 million journeys (up 9.5% on 2016) over routes 140.6 km in length. In 2018, the Brussels tram syste ...
lines ( STIB/MIVB)

* Line 82 Berchem Station - Drogenbos Castle * Line 83 Berchem Station - Montgomery

Brussels bus lines ( STIB/MIVB)

* Line 86 Machtens -

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Flemish bus lines (
De Lijn Vlaamse Vervoersmaatschappij De Lijn (English: Flemish transport company ''De Lijn''), usually known as De Lijn (, "The Line"), is a company run by the Flemish government in Belgium to provide public transportation with about 2240 buses and 399 tr ...
)

* 126 North Station - Ninove (Express) * 127 North Station - Ninove * 128 North station - Ninove * 129 North Station - Dilbeek Zuurweide * 620 Brussels Airport - Erasme Hospital

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