Antwerpen-Berchem railway station

Antwerpen-Berchem
Antwerpen-Berchem
Railway Station
	Antwerpen-Berchem railway station
General information
Location	Berchem, Antwerp, Belgium
Coordinates	51°11′57″N 4°25′59″E / 51.19917°N 4.43306°E
Owned by	NMBS/SNCB
Operated by	NMBS/SNCB
Line(s)	25, 27, 27A, 59
Platforms	10
Tracks	10
History
Opened	1 March 1865; 159 years ago
Location
	Antwerpen-Berchem Location within Belgium Antwerpen-Berchem Antwerpen-Berchem (Europe)

Antwerpen-Berchem railway station (Dutch: Station Antwerpen-Berchem, French: Gare d'Anvers-Berchem)^[a] is a railway station in Berchem, in the south of Antwerp, Belgium. The station opened on 1 March 1865^[1]^[2] and currently serves railway lines 25, 27, 27A and 59. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).^[3]

History[edit]

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 Antwerp 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[edit]

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	NS International		Following station
Antwerpen-Centraal towards Amsterdam Centraal		Intercity Direct 9200	Mechelen towards Brussels-South
Preceding station	NMBS/SNCB		Following station
Antwerpen-Centraal Terminus		IC 02	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Oostende
		IC 04	Sint-Niklaas towards Lille-Flandres or Poperinge
		IC 05	Mechelen towards Charleroi-Sud
		IC 05	Mortsel-Oude-God towards Charleroi-Sud
		IC 08	Mechelen towards Hasselt
		IC 09 weekdays, except holidays	Lier towards Leuven
		IC 09 weekends	Lier towards Liège-Guillemins
		IC 10	Lier towards Hamont or Hasselt
Antwerpen-Centraal towards Essen		IC 22 weekdays, except holidays	Mortsel-Oude-God towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
Antwerpen-Centraal Terminus		IC 22 weekends	Mortsel-Oude-God towards Binche
		IC 28 weekends	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Gent-Sint-Pieters
		IC 30	Lier towards Turnhout
		IC 31	Mechelen towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid
Antwerpen-Centraal towards Roosendaal		L 22 weekdays	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Puurs
Antwerpen-Centraal Terminus		L 23	Mortsel towards Leuven
		L 24 weekdays	Mortsel towards Mol
		L 30	Antwerpen-Zuid towards Lokeren
		S 1 weekdays	Mortsel towards Nivelles
		S 1 weekends	Mortsel-Deurnesteenweg towards Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid

Tram services[edit]

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

Bus services[edit]

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.^[4]

References[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

^ Officially Antwerpen-Berchem (Dutch: Antwerpen-Berchem, French: Anvers-Berchem)

Citations[edit]

^ "D'Anvers-Berchem" (in Dutch). Schenkel. 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
^ 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.
^ "ANTWERPEN-BERCHEM". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
^ "De Lijn". www.delijn.be. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

External links[edit]

[fn1-1] Officially Antwerpen-Berchem (Dutch: Antwerpen-Berchem, French: Anvers-Berchem)

[Schenkel-2011-2] "D'Anvers-Berchem" (in Dutch). Schenkel. 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

[3] 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.

[4] "ANTWERPEN-BERCHEM". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

[5] "De Lijn". www.delijn.be. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

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