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Boitsfort Bosvoorde
Railway Station
Boitsfort/Bosvoorde railway station
General information
Location	Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Line(s)	161 (Brussels-Namur)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Other information
Station code	MBR
History
Opened	23 August 1854; 170 years ago (1854-08-23)
Passengers
2014	703
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Boitsfort railway station (French: Gare de Boitsfort) or Bosvoorde railway station (Dutch: Station Bosvoorde) is a railway station in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB). It lies on line 161, between Watermael and Groenendaal railway stations.

The station can be accessed via the Chaussée de La Hulpe/Terhulpsesteenweg next to the Sonian Forest and the Boitsfort Hippodrome. Many companies have offices nearby the station, for instance Emakina, Asahi Glass Co. and SAP AG.

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)

Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB			Following station
Watermaeltowards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid		S 8		Groenendaaltowards Louvain-la-Neuve-Université
Watermaeltowards Schaarbeek		S 81weekdays		Groenendaaltowards Ottignies

See also

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium
• Transport in Brussels
• History of Brussels

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Boitsfort/Bosvoorde (French: Boitsfort; Dutch: Bosvoorde)

Citations

1. "Ligne 161".

External links

• Media related to Boitsfort train station at Wikimedia Commons

50°47′41″N 4°24′30″E / 50.7947°N 4.4082°E / 50.7947; 4.4082

• Railway stations in Brussels
• Watermael-Boitsfort
• Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1854