Antwerpen-Berchem railway station

Antwerpen-Berchem is a railway station in the south of the city of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 1 March 1865[1][2] and currently serves railway lines 25, 27, 27A and 59.

Antwerpen-Berchem
Railway Station
LocationBerchem, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
Coordinates51°11′57″N 4°25′59″E
Owned byNational Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)25, 27, 27A, 59
Platforms10
Tracks10
History
Opened3 May 1836

History

From opening until 1975, the station was simply known as Berchem, later changing to Berchem (Antwerpen), at a time that international trains stopped here instead of Antwerpen Oost. In 1983, when Berchem and Antwerpen became one city, the station was renamed Antwerpen-Berchem.

International Thalys and Benelux services (from Amsterdam to Brussels and Paris) stopped calling at this station, following the opening of the North-South tunnel under Antwerpen-Centraal. Since December 2014, the Benelux service (Amsterdam - Brussels) calls at the station again.

Train services

The following services currently the serve the station:

  • Intercity services (IC-02) Antwerp - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Bruges - Ostend
  • Intercity services (IC-04) Antwerp - Sint-Niklaas - Gent - Kortrijk - Poperinge/Lille
  • Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-08) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels Airport - Leuven - Hasselt
  • Intercity services (IC-09) Antwerp - Lier - Aarschot - Leuven (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-09) Antwerp - Lier - Aarschot - Hasselt - Liege (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-10) Antwerp - Mol - Hamont/Hasselt
  • Intercity services (IC-22) Essen - Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-22) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Binche (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-28) Antwerp - Sint-Niklaas - Gent (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-30) Antwerp - Herentals - Turnhout
  • Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-35) Amsterdam - The Hague - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - Antwerp - Brussels Airport - Brussels
  • Local services (L-22) Roosendaal - Essen - Antwerp - Puurs (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-23) Antwerp - Aarschot - Leuven
  • Local services (L-24) Antwerp - Herentals - Mol (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-30) Antwerp - Lokeren
  • Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
  • Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekends)
Preceding station   National Railway Company of Belgium   Following station
Intercity Direct 9200
Terminus
IC 02
toward Oostende
Terminus
IC 04
toward Lille and Poperinge
Terminus
IC 05
Terminus
IC 05
Terminus
IC 08
toward Hasselt
Terminus
IC 09
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Leuven
On weekends and holidays
Terminus
IC 10
toward Hamont and Hasselt
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
toward Essen
IC 22
From Monday to Friday, except holidays
On weekends and holidays
Terminus
On weekends and holidays
toward Binche
Terminus
IC 28
Terminus
IC 30
toward Turnhout
Terminus
IC 31
toward Roosendaal
L 22
weekdays
toward Puurs
Terminus
L 23
toward Leuven
Terminus
L 24
weekdays
toward Mol
Terminus
L 30
toward Lokeren
Terminus
S 1
weekdays
toward Nivelles
Terminus
S 1
weekends

Tram services

Tram lines 4, 9 and 11 serve the station, these are operated by De Lijn.

Bus services

Bus services 20, 21, 30, 32, 38, 51, 52, 53, 90, 91, 92, 93, 298, 420, 421 and 422 serve the station, these are operated by De Lijn.[3]

References
  1. "D'Anvers-Berchem" (in Dutch). Schenkel. 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  2. Chemin de fer de l'Etat : Tarif pour le transport des voyageurs. Exposé des résultats de la réforme introduite le 1er mai 1866 (in French). Fr. Gobbaerts. 1869. p. 26.
  3. "De Lijn". www.delijn.be. Retrieved 2019-12-31.
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