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Brussels-South railway station

Coordinates: 50°50′07″N 4°20′07″E / 50.835161°N 4.335222°E / 50.835161; 4.335222
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Brussels-South
Railway Station
Main hall of Brussels-South railway station
General information
Location47B Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan,
1060 Saint-Gilles
Brussels
Coordinates50°50′07″N 4°20′07″E / 50.835161°N 4.335222°E / 50.835161; 4.335222
Elevation26 m
Owned bySNCB/NMBS
Operated bySNCB/NMBS
Line(s)0, 50A, 96, 124
Platforms12
Tracks22
Construction
ArchitectAdrien Blomme, Yvan Blomme and Fernand Petit
Architectural styleModernism
Other information
Station codeFBMZ
WebsiteOfficial website
History
Opened1952 (1952)
Services
Eurostar, Thalys, IZY, TGV, ICE, InterCity (IC), RER/GEN (S)
Location
Brussels-South is located in Brussels
Brussels-South
Brussels-South
Location within Brussels

Brussels-South (French: Bruxelles-Midi, Dutch: Brussel-Zuid, IATA code: ZYR) is one of the three major railway stations in Brussels (the other two are Brussels Central and Brussels North) and the busiest station in Belgium. It is located on the territory of the municipality of Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis.

The Brussels-Capital Region is bilingual; hence, both the French and Dutch names of the station are official. Outside Belgium, this often leads to the use of combined shorthands; for example in the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable, Brussels-South is designated as Brussels Midi/Zuid; Dutch Railways announce the station as Brussel Zuid/Midi.

The station is also connected to the Gare du Midi/Zuidstation station of the Brussels Metro system.

History

First station

A first station known as the Bogards/Bogaarden Station had existed, since 1840, near Rouppe Square in the southern part of the City of Brussels. The Belgian railway network grew rapidly during the second half of the 19th century, and the old station quickly became too small, so the authorities decided to demolish it. A new monumental station designed by architect Auguste Payen opened in 1869, a short distance south from the original site.

Second station

Payen's terminal station was itself demolished in 1949 and replaced on its present site by a transit station, as part of the North–South connection project. Most of the current buildings were erected between 1939 and 1954, in post-war modernist style, from plans by architects Adrien and Yvan Blomme and Fernand Petit. The rear part, built in front of Victor Horta Square, and designed in 1992 by architect Marc De Vreese, serves as a terminal for high-speed trains.

  • The old station (1869)
    The old station (1869)
  • The current station (1952)
    The current station (1952)

Features

The station is surrounded by Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan to the east, Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat to the west, Rue Couverte/Bedektestraat to the north and Rue des Vétérinaires/Veeartsenstraat to the south. In the 1990s, the Eurostar terminal was added on the Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat side. This part contains two bay platforms with no onward northbound connection.

Train services

TGV and Thalys share a platform

The station is served by the following services:[citation needed]

  • High speed services (Eurostar) London - Calais - Lille - Brussels
  • High speed services (Eurostar) London - Brussels - Rotterdam - Amsterdam
  • High speed services (ICE) Brussels - Liège - Cologne - Frankfurt
  • High speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Paris
  • High speed services (Thalys) Dortmund - Essen - Düsseldorf - Cologne - Liège - Brussels - Paris
  • High speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Lille
  • High speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Chambéry - Bourg-Saint-Maurice (in winter)
  • High speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Avignon - Marseille (in summer)
  • High speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aéroport CDG - Lyon - Avignon - Marseille
  • High speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aéroport CDG - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier - Perpignan
  • High speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aéroport CDG - Strasbourg
  • Intercity services (IC-35) Amsterdam - The Hague - Rotterdam - Breda - Antwerp - Brussels Airport - Brussels
  • Intercity services (IC-16) Brussels - Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg
  • Intercity services (IC-01) Ostend - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Welkenraedt - Eupen
  • Intercity services (IC-03) Knokke/Blankenberge - Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Hasselt - Genk
  • Intercity services (IC-05) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-06) Tournai - Ath - Halle - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-06A) Mons - Braine-le-Comte - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-11) Binche - Braine-le-Comte - Halle - Brussels - Mechelen - Turnhout (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-12) Kortrijk - Ghent - Brussels - Leuven - Liège - Welkenraedt (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-14) Quiévrain - Mons - Braine-le-Comte - Brussels - Leuven - Liège (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels - Namur - Dinant (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liège (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-20) Ghent - Aalst - Brussels - Hasselt - Tongeren (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-20) Ghent - Aalst - Brussels - Dendermonde - Lokeren (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-22) Essen - Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-22) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Halle - Braine-le-Comte - Binche (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-23) Ostend - Bruges - Kortrijk - Zottegem - Brussels - Brussels Airport
  • Intercity services (IC-23A) Bruges - Ghent - Brussels - Brussels Airport (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-23A) Ghent - Brussels - Brussels Airport (weekends)
  • Intercity services (IC-26) Kortrijk - Tournai - Halle - Brussels - Dendermonde - Lokeren - Sint Niklaas (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-29) De Panne - Gent - Aalst - Brussels - Brussels Airport - Leuven - Landen
  • Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekdays)
  • Intercity services (IC-31) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Nivelles - Charleroi (weekends)
  • Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekdays)
  • Brussels RER services (S1) Antwerp - Mechelen - Brussels (weekends)
  • Brussels RER services (S1) Brussels - Waterloo - Nivelles (weekends)
  • Brussels RER services (S2) Leuven - Brussels - Halle - Braine-le-Comte
  • Brussels RER services (S3) Dendermonde - Brussels - Denderleeuw - Zottegem - Oudenaarde (weekdays)
  • Brussels RER services (S6) Aalst - Denderleeuw - Geraardsbergen - Halle - Brussels - Schaarbeek
  • Brussels RER services (S8) Brussels - Etterbeek - Ottignies - Louvain-le-Neuve
  • Brussels RER services (S10) Dendermonde - Brussels - Denderleeuw - Aalst


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Metro and premetro station

General information
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Connections
  Line 3
  Line 4
History
Opened1988
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station
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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 premetro (underground tram) services at separate platforms, with cross-platform interchange between metro and premetro in both directions.[citation needed]

Ouibus

Since 23 July 2012, SNCF's international coach network, OUIBUS, has served Brussels South.

  • Paris - Lille - Brussels
  • Amsterdam - Brussels (from 28 April 2014)
  • Amsterdam - Brussels - London (from 28 April 2014)

Other bus services

A shuttle service to Brussels South Charleroi Airport leaves from a stop located on Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat.[1]

Places of interest

The South Tower, the tallest building in Belgium,[2] stands in front of the station's main exit (the crossroad of Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan and Rue Couverte/Bedektestraat) and houses the Belgian Federal Pensions Service (FPS).[3]

References

  1. ^ Brussels City-Charleroi airport shuttle bus service
  2. ^ GmbH, Emporis. "Belgium | Statistics | EMPORIS". www.emporis.com. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  3. ^ "SFPD". www.sfpd.fgov.be. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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