List of railway stations in Belgium
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This is a list of the busiest train stations in Belgium
sorted by the average amount of passengers per day on a week day. The province
is also listed, unless the station lies within the Brussels Capital Region and therefore does not belong to any province.
The figures include only passenger traffic on national rail services. Numbers for passengers on international trains like Eurostar
, Thalys
and other high-speed rail
services are excluded.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
sorted by the average amount of passengers per day on a week day. The province
Provinces of Belgium
Belgium is divided into three regions, two of them are subdivided into five provinces each.The division into provinces is fixed by Article 5 of the Belgian Constitution...
is also listed, unless the station lies within the Brussels Capital Region and therefore does not belong to any province.
The figures include only passenger traffic on national rail services. Numbers for passengers on international trains like Eurostar
Eurostar
Eurostar is a high-speed railway service connecting London with Paris and Brussels. All its trains traverse the Channel Tunnel between England and France, owned and operated separately by Eurotunnel....
, Thalys
Thalys
Thalys is an international high-speed train operator originally built around the high-speed line between Paris and Brussels. This track is shared with Eurostar trains that go from Paris or Brussels to London via Lille and the Channel Tunnel and with French domestic TGV trains. Thalys reaches...
and other high-speed rail
High-speed rail
High-speed rail is a type of passenger rail transport that operates significantly faster than the normal speed of rail traffic. Specific definitions by the European Union include for upgraded track and or faster for new track, whilst in the United States, the U.S...
services are excluded.
Rank | Station | Province | Passengers |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Brussels-Central | Brussels Capital Region | 74,640 |
2 | Brussels-South | Brussels Capital Region | 49,194 |
3 | Gent-St-Pieters | East Flanders East Flanders East Flanders is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and in Belgium on the provinces of Antwerp, Flemish Brabant , of Hainaut and of West Flanders... |
44,670 |
4 | Brussels-North Brussels-North railway station Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord is one of the three major railway stations in Brussels; the other two are Brussels Central and Brussels South... |
Brussels Capital Region | 40,713 |
5 | Leuven | Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Belgian provinces of Antwerp, Limburg, Liège, Walloon Brabant, Hainaut and East Flanders. Flemish Brabant also completely surrounds the Brussels-Capital Region. Its capital is Leuven... |
26,659 |
6 | Antwerpen-Centraal | Antwerp Antwerp (province) Antwerp is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp which comprises the Port of Antwerp... |
25,225 |
7 | Mechelen railway station | Antwerp Antwerp (province) Antwerp is the northernmost province both of the Flemish Region, also called Flanders, and of Belgium. It borders on the Netherlands and the Belgian provinces of Limburg, Flemish Brabant and East Flanders. Its capital is Antwerp which comprises the Port of Antwerp... |
20,991 |
8 | Ottignies railway station | Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant Walloon Brabant is a province of Wallonia in Belgium. It borders on the province of Flemish Brabant and the provinces of Liège, Namur and Hainaut . Its capital is Wavre... |
20,825 |
9 | Namur railway station | Namur Namur (province) Namur is a province of Wallonia, one of the three regions of Belgium. It borders on the Walloon provinces of Hainaut, Walloon Brabant, Liège and Luxembourg in Belgium, and on France. Its capital is the city of Namur... |
17,632 |
10 | Brugge | West Flanders | 17,472 |
11 | Liège-Guillemins Liège-Guillemins railway station Liège-Guillemins train station is the main station of the city of Liège, the third biggest city in Belgium. It is one of the most important hubs in the country and is one of the 3 Belgian stations on the high-speed rail network... |
Liège Liège (province) Liège is the easternmost province of Belgium and belongs to the Walloon Region. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Namur, Walloon Brabant , and those of Flemish Brabant and Limburg . Its... |
13,463 |
12 | Antwerpen-Berchem railway station | Antwerp | 12,729 |
13 | Denderleeuw railway station | East Flanders | 10,991 |
14 | Mons railway station | Hainaut | 10,387 |
15 | Kortrijk Kortrijk main railway station Kortrijk railway station is the main railway station in the Belgian city of Kortrijk and one of the busiest railway stations in Belgium. Its NMBS/SNCB internal code is LK. The station was first inaugurated on 22 September 1839.... |
West Flanders | 10,032 |
16 | Charleroi-Sud railway station Charleroi-South railway station The Charleroi-South pre-metro station, simply known as South on network maps, was opened in 1976. Along with Vilette, Sud was the first station to enter service on the Charleroi pre-metro... |
Hainaut | 9,736 |
17 | Brussels-Schuman railway station | Brussels Capital Region | 8,077 |
18 | Sint-Niklaas railway station | East Flanders | 7,879 |
19 | Aalst railway station | East Flanders | 7,763 |
20 | Oostende railway station | West Flanders | 7,392 |
21 | Tournai Tournai Railway Station The railway station of Tournai, in Belgium, is situated on line 94. The first train arrived there on 24 January 1842.A first neo-classical stone building dating from the 1840s was later dismantled and replaced to serve as the railway station of the... |
Hainaut | 7,076 |
22 | Hasselt railway station | Limburg Limburg (Belgium) Limburg is the easternmost province of modern Flanders, which is one of the three main political and cultural sub-divisions of modern Belgium. It is located west of the river Meuse . It borders on the Dutch provinces of North Brabant and Limburg and the Belgian provinces of Liège, Flemish Brabant... |
6,995 |
23 | Dendermonde railway station | East Flanders | 6,866 |
24 | Brussels-Luxembourg railway station | Brussels Capital Region | 6,825 |
25 | Gembloux railway station | Namur | 6,603 |
26 | Zottegem railway station | East Flanders | 6,145 |
27 | Louvain-La-Neuve-Université railway station | Walloon Brabant | 5,703 |
28 | Brussels-National-Airport railway station | Flemish Brabant | 5,663 |
29 | Etterbeek railway station Etterbeek railway station Etterbeek railway station is a railway station in Brussels, Belgium operated by SNCB. The station is named after the municipality of Etterbeek though it is located in the neighbouring municipality of Ixelles, at the Couronne/Kroon crossroad on the greater ring... |
Brussels Capital Region | 5,565 |
30 | Braine-l'Alleud railway station | Walloon Brabant | 5,291 |