Waterloo (B) railway station
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Waterloo is a
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...
in the town of Waterloo,
Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant (french: Brabant wallon ; nl, Waals-Brabant ; wa, Roman Payis) is a province located in Belgium's French-speaking region of Wallonia. It borders on (clockwise from the North) the province of Flemish Brabant (Flemish Region) and ...
,
Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
. The station opened on 1 February 1874 and is located on line 124. The train services are operated by
National Railway Company of Belgium french: Société nationale des chemins de fer belgesgerman: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen , type = Statutory corporation , industry = Rail Transport , foundation = 1926 , founder = Government o ...
(NMBS). The station is large, with platforms able to accommodate trains much longer than any currently scheduled to operate to (or through) the station. It is fully staffed, with the booking office open seven days a week. The railway line between Nivelles-Waterloo-Linkebeek (south of Brussels) is currently being enlarged to allow a higher frequency of local and intercity trains.


Train services

There is at least one train every hour in each direction at Waterloo. The station is served by the following services: *Intercity services (IC-27) ''Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles - Charleroi'' (weekdays) *Brussels RER services (S1) ''Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles'' (weekdays) *Brussels RER services (S1) ''Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles'' (weekends) *Brussels RER services (S9) ''Leuven - Brussels-Luxembourg - Etterbeek - Braine-l'Alleud'' (weekdays)


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 ...


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* Railway stations in Belgium Railway stations opened in 1874 Railway stations in Walloon Brabant Waterloo, Belgium {{Belgium-railstation-stub