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Forest-South railway station

Forest-South railway station is a railway station in the municipality of in , Belgium, opened in 1862. The station is located on line 96, between and railway stations.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Belgium
  • Also known as: “Forest-Midi - Vorst-Zuid”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Forest Abbey and Forest Municipal Hall.

Garden
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Vorst Abbey was a Benedictine abbey located in the municipality of , Belgium. It was founded in 1105 and existed for nearly 700 years, until its partial destruction by fire in 1764. is situated 700 metres northeast of Forest-South railway station.

Town hall
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The Municipal Hall of is the building and the seat of that municipality of , Belgium. Built between 1935 and 1938, and qualified as a prototype of Brussels' Art Deco, this building illustrates the leading role the style played in public architecture during the interwar period. is situated 1 km northeast of Forest-South railway station.

Sports venue
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is an indoor non-chlorinated fresh water facility in , . It previously held the Guinness World Record as the deepest indoor swimming pool in the world between its opening on 1 May 2004, and the completion of "Y-40 The Deep Joy" at Hotel Terme Millepini in , , Italy, on 5 June 2014. is situated 1½ km southeast of Forest-South railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest and La Roue.

Town
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or Vorst, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the southern part of the region, it is bordered by , , , and , as well as the municipality of .

Neighborhood
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or Het Rad, meaning "The Wheel", is a district of , a municipality of , Belgium. Located in the south of Anderlecht, it is one of this municipality's largest districts of and one of Brussels' main garden cities.

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The South district in the Belgian capital of comprises the municipalities of Saint-Gilles / Sint-Gillis, Forest / Vorst and Uccle / Ukkel.

Forest-South railway station

Latitude
50.80782° or 50° 48′ 28″ north
Longitude
4.30838° or 4° 18′ 30″ east
Operator
NMBS/SNCB
Open location code
9F26R855+49
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7072204237
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q952542
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Hungarian—“Forest-South railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Vorst-Zuid”
  • Dutch: “Station Vorst-Zuid”
  • Dutch: “Vorst-Zuid”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة فوريسانت سوث”
  • French: “Forest-Midi”
  • French: “gare de Forest-Midi”
  • French: “Gare de Forest-Midi”
  • Hungarian: “Gare de Forest-Midi”

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Highlights include City Kart and Pétanque Frankveld.

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