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The Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual; hence, both the French and Dutch names of the station— Bruxelles-Nord and Brussel-Noord —are official. Outside Belgium, this often leads to the use of combined shorthands; for example in the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable, Brussels-North is designated as Brussels Nord / Noord; NS (Dutch Railways) announce the station as Brussel Noord/Nord.
Antwerpen-Centraal–Antwerpen-Berchem–MortseL Oude-God–Mechelen-Nekkerspoel–Mechelen–Vilvoorde–Brussels-North–Brussels-Central–Brussels-South–Braine-l'Alleud–Nivelles–Luttre–Marchienne-au-Pont–Charleroi-Sud: 1x per hour Weekends IC 32 Brugge–Zedelgem–Torhout–Lichtervelde–Roeselaere–Izegem–Ingelmunster–Kortrijk
There are three main railway stations in Brussels: Brussels-North railway station; Brussels-Central railway station; Brussels-South railway station
There are 35 stations in the Brussels-Capital Region, 8 of which bear the name Brussels. All stations listed are correct to February 2021. [1] Because the Brussels-Capital Region is officially bilingual, the stations and municipalities with a Dutch name and a French name will be written: French name/Dutch name.
Brussels-North, Brussels-Central and Brussels-South are now the three main railways stations in the city; they are also the three busiest stations in all of Belgium. Between 2018 and 2019, the North–South connection's tunnel was renovated to improve ventilation and smoke extraction in the event of a fire.
The common section offers a high service frequency during daytime hours between Vanderkindere in the municipality of Uccle and the Brussels-North railway station. It shares 4 connections with metro lines and also links two major train stations with access to Thalys and Eurostar trains at Brussels-South railway station. #
The Brussels bus network now comprises 360 km (220 mi) of bus line by day and 112 km (70 mi) by night as of 2008, [6] and service the 19 municipalities of Brussels. Buses operated by the Walloon ( TEC ) and Flemish ( De Lijn ) public transport companies also run in Brussels in order to allow Walloon and Flemish people to go to the capital city.
NMBS/SNCB is an autonomous government company, formed in 1926 as successor to the Belgian State Railways.From 1942 to 1944, amid Nazi Germany's occupation of Belgium, the company was paid 51 million Belgian francs by the Nazi Germany to send 28 trains carrying 25,843 Jews and Roma people to Auschwitz where only 1,195 survived. [2]