Brussels Airport - Zaventem
Airport interchange
Railway Station
Concourse level
General information
LocationBrussels Airport (Level -1), Zaventem, Flemish Brabant
Belgium
Coordinates50°53′50″N 4°29′05″E / 50.89722°N 4.48472°E / 50.89722; 4.48472
Owned byNMBS/SNCB
Operated byNMBS/SNCB
Line(s)25N, 36C
Platforms3
Tracks5
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeBNAT, FBNL
IATA codeBRU
History
Opened1958 (1958)
Rebuilt1998, 2012
ElectrifiedYes
Tunnel to the railway station (south of airport)

Brussels Airport-Zaventem railway station (Dutch: Station Brussels Airport-Zaventem, French: Gare de Brussels Airport-Zaventem)[lower-alpha 1] is a railway station located beneath Brussels Airport in Zaventem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The station opened in 1958 on railway line 36C; in 2012, the new line 25N was added. It was formerly called Brussels-National-Airport railway station (Dutch: Station Brussel-Nationaal-Luchthaven, French: Gare de Bruxelles-National-Aéroport)[lower-alpha 2] until April 2016. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).

History

The station was opened in 1958 in the old airport building, mainly for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair (Expo 58). With the opening of a new airport terminal in 1994, the railway station was moved in 1998 to a new location inside the new building. Following the completion of the new Diabolo project, the station was extended in June 2012 to enhance the comfort and passengers experience. The trains arrive and leave from level -2, with ticket desks on level -1. Passengers can go to the different floors in the airport and railway station by using a set of escalators and elevators, a couple of meters away of the platforms.

There is no dedicated car park but Brussels Airport carparks are available a short walk away, without any discount for rail customers.

The railway station connects the airport directly to the main Brussels stations, including the international Brussels-South and centrally-located Brussels-Central stations. The railway stations of Leuven and Mechelen can also be directly reached from the airport. From all these stations, one can easily travel to every city of Belgium; there are direct trains to the cities of Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Halle or Mons.

Since December 2014, the Benelux train allows passengers to travel directly to Rotterdam, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol and Amsterdam[2]

After the bomb attacks of 22 March 2016 the station was closed and all trains were either deviated or cancelled until further notice. Shuttle bus services were put in place between Zaventem station and the airport. The airport station itself was undamaged, but it is connected to a part of the airport building that was severely damaged during the attacks.

With the Schuman-Josaphat tunnel entering into service on 4 April 2016, a new connection was established to connect Brussels Airport directly to the stations of the EU quarter—Brussels-Schuman and Brussels-Luxembourg.[3] This brought the travel time between the Airport and the EU quarter to about 15 minutes.[4][5][6] The tunnel was originally scheduled to open on 12 December 2015, but it was delayed due to the Brussels lockdown. When it eventually opened in April 2016, it could not yet be used to its full potential as the airport station remained closed following the Brussels bombings.

Train service to the airport station resumed on 22 April 2016, temporarily using the entrance/exit of the old airport station. On 8 June 2016, service via the regular station resumed.[7]

Train services

The station has direct services to most major Belgian cities, as well as a regular service to the Netherlands. The only major town that does not yet have a direct line to the airport is Liège. Passengers traveling to Liège can connect at Leuven station.

The station is served by the following services:

  • High speed service: (Thalys) Brussels Airport - Brussels - Paris (summer seasonal)
  • Intercity services (IC 35) Amsterdam - The Hague - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Antwerp - Brussels Airport - Brussels
  • Intercity services (IC 06) Tournai - Ath - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC 06A) Mons - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC 08) Antwerpen - Mechelen - Brussels Airport - Leuven (- Hasselt)
  • Intercity services (IC 17) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Namur - Dinant
  • Intercity services (IC 23) Ostend - Bruges - Kortrijk - Zottegem - Brussels - Brussels Airport - Brussels - Ghent (- Bruges)
  • Intercity services (IC 23A) Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Brussels Airport (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC 23A) Ghent - Brussels - Brussels Airport (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC 27) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Nivelles - Charleroi
  • Intercity services (IC 29) De Panne - Ghent - Aalst - Brussels - Brussels Airport - Leuven (- Landen)
Preceding station NS International Following station
Mechelen
towards Amsterdam Centraal
 Intercity Direct 9200 Brussels-North
towards Brussels-South
Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station
Terminus IC 06
 Zaventem
towards Tournai
IC 06A
 Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
towards Mons
Mechelen
towards Antwerpen-Centraal
 IC 08 Leuven
towards Hasselt
Terminus IC 17
weekdays
 Bordet
towards Dinant
IC 23
 Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
towards Oostende
IC 23A
 Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
towards Brugge
IC 27
weekdays
 Bordet
towards Charleroi-Sud
Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
towards De Panne
 IC 29 Leuven
towards Landen

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Officially using the English name Brussels Airport-Zaventem in Dutch and French[1]
  2. ↑ Officially Brussels-National-Airport (Dutch: Brussel-Nationaal-Luchthaven, French: Bruxelles-National-Aéroport)

Citations

  1. ↑ "BRUSSELS AIRPORT - ZAVENTEM". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  2. ↑ "Hop on and head for the Netherlands". National Railway Company of Belgium. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  3. ↑ "Brochure Schuman-Josafat (2008)" (in French). Infrabel. 13 August 2009. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  4. ↑ "The Regional Express Network". Infrabel. Retrieved 2016-03-22.
  5. ↑ "Hourly News" (in French). Archived from the original on 18 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Germoir and Thurn Stations & Taxis will open on Sunday". Brussel Deze Week. 11 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Treinstation Zaventem weer in gebruik vanaf woensdag". deredactie.be. 7 June 2016.
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