Tour et Taxis railway station explained

Tour et Taxis
Type:Railway Station
Symbol:rail
Symbol Location:be
Style:Belgium Railway
Address:Laeken, Brussels-Capital Region
Country:Belgium
Coordinates:50.873°N 4.3425°W
Owned:SNCB/NMBS
Operator:SNCB/NMBS
Map Type:Belgium#Europe
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Marker:rail-underground
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Tour et Taxis railway station (French: Gare de Tour et Taxis) or Thurn en Taxis railway station (Dutch; Flemish: Station Thurn en Taxis) is a railway station in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium, opened in 1883. The train station, located on the French: Rue Charles Demeer|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Charles Demeerstraat|italic=no, occupies the same site as Pannenhuis metro station on line 6 of the Brussels Metro. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB).[1]

History

The station was opened on 1 May 1883 as Pannenhuis and later renamed to Brussels North-West. The station closed down on 3 June 1984, but reopened in 2015 as part of the Brussels Regional Express Network (RER/GEN) project under the name French: Tour et Taxis|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Thurn en Taxis|italic=no.

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Train services

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: THURN EN TAXIS . 2023-12-01 . www.belgianrail.be.