Brussels-West station

Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation metro station
General information
Location	Chaussée de Ninove / Ninoofse Steenweg 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′56″N 4°19′15″E / 50.84889°N 4.32083°E / 50.84889; 4.32083
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	6 October 1982; 42 years ago (1982-10-06)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Terminus Line 1 Beekkant towards Stockel/Stokkel Delacroix towards Elisabeth Line 2 Beekkant towards Simonis Jacques Brel towards Erasme/Erasmus Line 5 Beekkant towards Herrmann-Debroux Delacroix towards Elisabeth Line 6 Beekkant towards King Baudouin

Brussels-West
Railway Station
General information
Coordinates	50°50′56″N 4°19′15″E / 50.84889°N 4.32083°E / 50.84889; 4.32083
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Line(s)	28
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	FBOW
History
Opened	1872; 152 years ago (1872)
Closed	1984; 40 years ago (1984)
Rebuilt	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Services
Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station Simonis towards Dendermonde S 10 Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid towards Aalst

Brussels-West Station (French: Gare de l'Ouest; Dutch: Weststation) is a multimodal transport hub located in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. It mainly consists of Gare de l'Ouest (French) or Weststation (Dutch), a Brussels Metro station on lines 1, 2, 5 and 6, as well as a tram and bus stop. Additionally, Brussels-West railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Ouest; Dutch: Station Brussel-West)^[a] is a railway station operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS). It is served by the Brussels Regional Express Network (RER/GEN) service.^[1]

The original railway station was opened in 1872 by the Belgian State Railways; it was closed for passengers in 1984. The metro station opened on 6 October 1982 as part of the Beekkant–Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido extension of former line 1B. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1, 2, 5 and 6.^[2][3][4][5] The railway station also reopened on that occasion.

Nowadays, the station is mainly used by commuters as there are few tourist sites nearby, although as an important junction between lines, many users of the metro network change trains there.

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