Bockstael railway station

Bockstael railway station is a railway station in , Belgium, operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium. It opened in 1982 to replace Laeken railway station.
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  • Type: Railway stop
  • Description: railway station in Belgium
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bockstael metro station and Justice de paix de Bruxelles - Vredegerecht Brussel.

Metro station
Photo: Edison McCullen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bockstael is a Brussels Metro station on the northern branch of line 6. It is located in , in the north-west of the , Belgium. The station received its name from the aboveground square Place Émile Bockstael/Émile Bockstaelplein, itself named after the liberal politician and former mayor of Laeken, Émile Bockstael.

Courthouse
Photo: Tram Bruxelles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a courthouse, which is situated 230 metres west of Bockstael railway station.

Cemetery
Photo: Ben2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
in , Belgium, is the city's oldest still in function and the resting place of the Belgian royal family. It is known as the Belgian Père Lachaise, after Paris' famous cemetery, because it is the burial place of the rich and the famous and for the abundance of its funerary heritage. is situated 320 metres east of Bockstael railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Laken and Tour & Taxis.

Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laeken or is a residential suburb in the north-western part of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. It belongs to the municipality of the and is mostly identified by the Belgian postal code: 1020.

Neighborhood
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Tour & Taxis is a large former industrial site in , Belgium. It is situated on the embankment of the in the , just north-west of the .

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

Bockstael railway station

Latitude
50.87948° or 50° 52′ 46″ north
Longitude
4.34845° or 4° 20′ 54″ east
Operator
NMBS/SNCB
Named after
Émile Bockstael
Open location code
9F26V8HX+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7444365729
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­halt
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q4936291
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Bockstael railway station” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Estació de Bockstael”
  • Chinese: “博克斯塔尔站”
  • Dutch: “station Bockstael”
  • Dutch: “Station Bockstael”
  • French: “Bockstael”
  • French: “gare de Bockstael”
  • French: “Gare de Bockstael”
  • Hungarian: “Gare de Bockstael”
  • Swedish: “Bockstael-stationen”

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Highlights include La Terrasse - Het Terras and Villa Canapé.

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