Schuman railway station
| Railway Station | |||||
Brussels-Schuman railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 1040 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium | ||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′34″N 4°22′54″E / 50.84278°N 4.38167°E | ||||
| Owned by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Operated by | SNCB/NMBS | ||||
| Connections | Brussels Metro: 1 5 (at metro station) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | BXLS | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 17 December 1969 | ||||
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Brussels-Schuman railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Schuman; Dutch: Station Brussel-Schuman) is a railway station in the City of Brussels, Belgium, serving the European Quarter. The station received its name from the aboveground Robert Schuman Roundabout, itself named after Robert Schuman, one of the founding fathers of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO.
Underneath Brussels-Schuman is the rapid transit Schuman station on lines 1 and 5 of the Brussels Metro system, which serves as an important node of the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB).