Etterbeek railway station (fr:Gare d'Etterbeek) is a railway station in Brussels

Brussels

Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...

, Belgium

Belgium

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 operated by SNCB. The station is named after the municipality of Etterbeek

Etterbeek

Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....

 though it is located in the neighbouring municipality of Ixelles, at the Couronne/Kroon crossroad on the greater ring

Greater ring (Brussels)

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. It first opened in 1880, and was as of 2007 the 29th most used railway station in Belgium, 5,565 passengers per day.

The Etterbeek railway station is located on the line 161 Brussels - Namur

Namur (city)

Namur is a city and municipality in Wallonia, in southern Belgium. It is both the capital of the province of Namur and of Wallonia....

, between the stations Brussels-Luxembourg and Watermael

Watermael railway station

The Watermael railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels, Belgium operated by SNCB/NMBS. The station is located on the line 161 connecting Brussels to Namur, between the stations of Etterbeek and Boitsfort...

. Some trains from line 26 also call at this station between Delta

Delta station

Delta is a Brussels metro and railroad station in the municipality of Auderghem/Oudergem, Brussels Capital Region.It is also the site of the primary maintenance facility for all heavy metro rolling stock. Because of this, Delta originates the Brussels Metro’s earliest services in the morning and is...

 and Boondael

Boondael railway station

The Boondael railway station in Ixelles, Belgium is a SNCB railway station in Brussels. The station is a stop for local trains running on the routes Vilvoorde - Halle, Mechelen - Halle , Mechelen - Geraardsbergen and Aalst - Braine-l'Alleud...

. Trains calling at Etterbeek are local trains between Binche

Binche

Binche is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006 Binche had a total population of 32,409. The total area is 60.66 km² which gives a population density of 534 inhabitants per km²...

 and Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve

Louvain-la-Neuve is a planned city in the municipality of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, situated 30 km southeast of Brussels, in the French-speaking part of the country...

, Braine-l'Alleud

Braine-l'Alleud

Braine-l'Alleud is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant, about 20 kilometers south of Brussels. The Braine-l'Alleud municipality includes the former municipalities of Braine-l'Alleud proper, Ophain-Bois-Seigneur-Isaac, and Lillois-Witterzée. It also includes...

 and Aalst

Aalst, Belgium

Aalst is a city and municipality on the Dender River, 19 miles northwest from Brussels. It is located in the Flemish province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek. The municipality comprises the city of Aalst itself and the villages of Baardegem, Erembodegem, Gijzegem, Herdersem, Hofstade,...

 and Halle

Halle, Belgium

Halle , is a Belgian city and municipality in the district Halle-Vilvoorde of the province Flemish Brabant. The city is located on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates Flanders and Wallonia...

 and Mechelen

Mechelen

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