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Brussels-South railway station

 
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Brussels-South railway station
Bruxelles - Gare Midi01.jpg
Coordinates 50°50′07″N 4°20′07″E / 50.835161°N 4.335222°E / 50.835161; 4.335222Coordinates: 50°50′07″N 4°20′07″E / 50.835161°N 4.335222°E / 50.835161; 4.335222
Opening 1952 (1952)
Telegraphic code FBMZ
Railway line(s) 0 - 50A - 96 - 124
Platforms 22
NMBS/SNCB information page

Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid (English: Brussels South, IATA code: ZYR) is a major railway station in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. The station's bilingual French-Dutch name is often shortened outside Belgium – for example, in the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable—to the (tri-lingual) "Brussels Midi/Zuid". The station is served by the Gare du Midi/Zuidstation station on the Brussels Metro system. There are over 1,000 daily trains between Brussels-South and Brussels-North.

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Head station
0:00 London St Pancras London Underground
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Stratford International Docklands Light Railway To open in 2010
Stop on track
0:15 Ebbsfleet International
Stop on track
0:30 Ashford International
Enter tunnel
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Channel Tunnel (GB-FR border)
Exit tunnel
Stop on track
0:54 Calais-Fréthun
Station on track
1:20 Lille-Europe Lille Metro
Junction to left Track from left
Straight track restricted border
FR-BE border
Track from right Junction to right End station
1:51 Brussels-South railway station Brussels Metro
End station Junction to left Track from left
2:15 Paris Gare du Nord Paris Métro Réseau express régional
Straight track End stop
2:33 Marne la Vallée-Chessy Réseau express régional (Disneyland)
Track from right Junction to right
End stop Straight track
5:40 Avignon Centre (summer only)
Stop on track
6:27 Moûtiers (winter)
Unknown route-map component "eHST"
6:59 Aime-La Plagne (winter, set down only)
End stop
7:17 Bourg Saint Maurice (winter)
Times shown are fastest timetabled journey from St Pancras.

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The railway station

The railway station designed by Payen opened in 1869, though a former station known as Station des Bogards/Bogaardenstation existed since 1840 near the Place Rouppeplein in the southern part of the city. This station was demolished 29 years later as it was already too small. In 1949 the railway station was demolished and replaced by the current yellow building with the clock tower because of the North-South connection project. The station is surrounded by the Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan in the East, the Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat in the West, the Rue Couverte/Bedektestraat in the North and the Rue des Vétérinaires/Veeartsenstraat in the South. In the 1990s, the Eurostar/Thalys terminal was added along the Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat.

TGV and Thalys share a platform at Brussels-South Station
Preceding station   Eurostar   Following station
Lille Europe   Eurostar
London-Brussels
  Terminus
Preceding station   Thalys   Following station
Terminus
Thalys
toward Köln Hbf
toward Oostende
Preceding station   Db-schild.svg DB AG   Following station
Terminus ICE 79

The metro and premetro station

The main hall of the metro and premetro station

The metro station, which is called Gare du Midi - Zuidstation, is served by line 2 opened in 1988 as (at that time) the final stop of the line from Simonis (The metro line has been extended beyond Brussels-South to Clemenceau in 1993, to Delacroix in 2006, and to Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation station in 2009). Since the reform of April 2009, the station is served by two metro lines (2 and 6) as well as two pre-metro lines (3 and 4). It is located under the Rue Couverte/Overdektestraat. The premetro station opened in 1993 and the metro and premetro networks share those stations located at two different levels under the ground.

Places of interest

The tallest building in Belgium is located in front of the main way out of the station (the crossroad of Avenue Fonsnylaan and Rue Couverte/Overdekte straat) and is named the South Tower.

External links

  • (French) [1] (SNCB)
  • (Dutch) [2] (NMBS)
  • (English) [3] (map of the station)

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