Brussels-South railway station

Brussels-South Railway Station
Station statistics
Coordinates	50.835161°N 4.335222°E / 50.835161; 4.335222
Lines	0, 50A, 96, 124
Platforms	22
Other information
Opened	1952 (1952)
Code	FBMZ
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium

Brussels-South (Dutch: Brussel-Zuid, French: Bruxelles-Midi, IATA code: ZYR) is the biggest railway station in Brussels, capital 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. 1,000 trains pass every day between Brussels-South and Brussels-North railway stations.

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. It was demolished 29 years later as it was already too small. In 1949 Payen's 1869 terminal station was itself demolished and replaced by a through station on the present site, a short distance south of the original one, as part 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 terminal was added on the Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat side. This contains two bay platforms with no onward northbound connection.

Eurostar services
Legend
0:00 London St Pancras 0:14 Ebbsfleet International 0:29 Ashford International 0:31 Channel Tunnel(UK–France border) 0:51 0:55 Calais-Fréthun 1:22 Lille-Europe France–Belgium border 2:01 Brussels-South 2:16 Paris Gare du Nord 2:40 Marne la Vallée-Chessy (Disneyland) Seasonal services 4:34 Lyon-Part-Dieu 5:36 Avignon Centre 5:52 Avignon TGV 6:17 Aix-en-Provence TGV 7:12 Moûtiers 7:30 Aime-La Plagne(set down only) 7:51 Bourg-Saint-Maurice
Times shown are fastest timetabled journey from St Pancras.

Thalys route map
Legend
Amsterdam Centraal Amsterdam Schiphol Rotterdam Centraal Rotterdam Netherlands–Belgium border Antwerpen Centraal Antwerp Oostende Ostend Brugge Bruges Gent Sint Pieters Ghent Essen Hbf Essen Duisburg Hbf Duisburg Düsseldorf Airport Düsseldorf Hbf Düsseldorf Köln Hbf Cologne Aachen Hbf Aachen Germany–Belgium border Liège Guillemins Liège Brussels National Airport Bruxelles Midi/Brussel Zuid Brussels Namur Namur Charleroi Sud Charleroi Mons Mons Belgium–France border Paris Nord Paris Thalys Neige winter service Chambéry Challes-les-Eaux Albertville Albertville Moûtiers Salins-Brides-les-Bains Aime-La Plagne Landry Landry Bourg-Saint-Maurice Thalys Soleil summer service Valence TGV Avignon TGV Aix-en-Provence TGV Marseille Saint-Charles

		International connections
Preceding station		Eurostar		Following station
Lille Europe toward London St Pancras		Eurostar		Terminus
Preceding station		Thalys		Following station
Paris-Nord Terminus		Thalys		Antwerpen-Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
				Liège-Guillemins toward Essen Hbf
				Gent-Sint-Pieters toward Oostende
				Brussels National Airport Terminus
Chambéry toward Bourg-Saint-Maurice		Thalys (winter)		Antwerpen-Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
Valence toward Marseille-Saint-Charles		Thalys (summer)		Antwerpen-Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Terminus		ICE 79		Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station		EuroCity		Following station
Terminus		Vauban		Brussels-Central toward Chur
		Iris		Brussels-Central toward Zürich Hbf
Preceding station		NMBS/SNCB		Following station
Terminus		IC B IC Fyra, temporarily suspended'		Brussels-Central toward Amsterdam Centraal
Terminus		IC J IC "des Ardennes" & Luxembourg		Brussels-Central toward Luxembourg
		National connections
Preceding station		NMBS/SNCB		Following station
Gent-Sint-Pieters toward Oostende		IC A		Brussels-Central toward Eupen
Gent-Sint-Pieters toward Blankenberge and Knokke		IC E		Brussels-Central From monday to friday, except holidays toward Tongeren
				Brussels-Central On weekends and holidays toward Liège and Genk
Braine-le-Comte toward Quievrain		IC F		Brussels-Central toward Liège-Guillemins
Enghien toward Mouscron		IC H		Brussels-Central toward Schaarbeek
Braine-l'Alleud toward Charleroi-Sud		IC I		Brussels-Central toward Antwerpen-Centraal
Liedekerke toward Gent-Sint-Pieters		IC K		Brussels-Central toward Genk
Denderleeuw toward Poperinge		IC L		Brussels-Central toward Sint-Niklaas
Terminus		IC M		Brussels-Central toward Dinant and Liers
Braine-l'Alleud toward Charleroi-Sud		IC N		Brussels-Central toward Essen
Terminus		IC O		Brussels-Central toward Visé
		IC R		Brussels-Central toward Turnhout
Forest-Est toward Nivelles		IR b		Brussels-Central toward Antwerpen-Centraal
Halle toward Courtrai and Grammont		IR d
Liedekerke toward Gent-Sint-Pieters		IR h		Brussels-Central toward Brussels National Airport
Gent-Sint-Pieters From monday to friday, except holidays toward De Panne		IR i		Brussels-Central From monday to friday, except holidays toward Mechelen
Liedekerke On weekends and holidays toward De Panne				Brussels-Central On weekends and holidays toward Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord
Halle toward Quevy		IR j		Brussels-Central toward Brussels National Airport
Halle toward Binche		IR l		Brussels-Central toward Louvain-la-Neuve-Université
Terminus		IR n		Brussels-Central toward Antwerpen-Centraal
		IR o		Brussels-Central toward Leuven

Gallery

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  Main concourse

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  panoramic view

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  TGV and Thalys share a platform at Brussels-South Station

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  Catenary wires across the tracks

Metro and premetro station

Gare du Midi Zuidstation
Station statistics
Connections	Line 3   Line 4
Other information
Opened	1988
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station Porte de Hal/Hallepoort toward Simonis (Elisabeth) Line 2 Clemenceau toward Simonis (Leopold II) Line 6 Clemenceau toward King Baudouin

The metro station, called Gare du Midi - Zuidstation, opened in 1988 as (at that time) the final stop of metro line 2 from Simonis. Line 2 has since been extended beyond Brussels-South - to Clemenceau in 1993, Delacroix in 2006, and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation in 2009. Since 1993 the station also accommodates pre-metro (underground tram) services at separate platforms, with cross-platform interchange between metro and pre-metro in both directions.

Following the restructuring of the city's local public transport network in April 2009, the station is now served by two metro lines (2 and 6) as well as two pre-metro lines (3 and 4). It lies under the Rue Couverte/Overdektestraat, in front of the mainline station.

The Belgian Federal State approved a project for the renovation of the station on 12 May 2012 of a total budget of approximately 155 million euro.

Places of interest

The tallest building in Belgium stands in front of the main exit from 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)