Brussels-Chapel railway station

Brussels-Chapel railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Chapelle; Dutch: Station Brussel-Kapellekerk)^[a] is a railway station on the North–South connection in the City of Brussels, Belgium. Despite its city centre location and the busy passing railway line, few trains stop there nowadays.

Brussels-Chapel
Railway Station
Brussels-Chapel railway station
General information
Location	Rue des Ursulines / Ursulinenstraat 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′28″N 4°20′55″E
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Other information
Website	Official website
History
Opened	4 October 1952; 72 years ago (1952-10-04)
Services
Preceding station NMBS/SNCB Following station Brussels-Central towards Antwerpen-Centraal S 1 Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid towards Nivelles
Location Brussels-Chapel Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Brussels-Chapel Brussels-Chapel (Europe) Show map of Europe

The station was opened in 1952, following construction of the North–South connection, between the stations of Brussels-Central and Brussels-South. It is situated in the Marolles/Marollen district, and takes its name from the neighbouring Chapel Church. Also immediately opposite the station is St John Berchmans College.

Train services

Travelling north, trains enter the main tunnel of the North–South connection as soon as they pass through the station

The station is served by some trains of the S1 line of the Brussels Regional Express Network (RER/GEN). During the week, one train an hour stops in each direction. There is no service at all later in the evenings or at weekends. The stopping trains generally use platforms 5 and 6, the easternmost pair of tracks.

Recyclart

While few trains stop at the station, the buildings beneath the track level have found an alternative use. The Recyclart project, which started in 1997,^[1] is a social-cultural space with an urban, DIY feel. It puts on art exhibitions and concerts, provides workshop space to artists of many varieties, and offers food and drink.^[2]

See also

• Trains portal
• Belgium portal

• List of railway stations in Belgium
• Rail transport in Belgium
• Transport in Brussels
• History of Brussels

References

Footnotes

1. Officially Brussels-Chapel (French: Bruxelles-Chapelle; Dutch: Brussel-Kapellekerk)

Citations

1. Yana Pargova (14 November 2015). "Recyclart: The Alternative Art Hub Of Brussels". Retrieved 5 April 2017.
2. "Recyclart - A participative and integrative cultural space". Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

External links

• Media related to Brussels-Chapel railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Official station details from NMBS/SNCB
• Recyclart