Brussels-South railway station

Brussels-South
Railway Station
Station interior
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
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	0, 50A, 96, 124
Platforms	22
Other information
Station code	FBMZ
History
Opened	1952 (1952)

Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Connections	Line 3   Line 4
History
Opened	1988
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

Brussels-South (Dutch: Brussel-Zuid, French: Bruxelles-Midi, IATA code: ZYR) is the biggest railway station in Brussels, capital of Belgium. As Brussels is a bilingual entity, both the French and Dutch names are official. This often leads to the usage of combined shorthands outside Belgium: 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". 1,000 trains pass between Brussels-South and Brussels-North railway stations every day. The station is connected to the Gare du Midi/Zuidstation station of the Brussels Metro system.

A 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. A new station designed by Payen opened in 1869 a short distance south of the original one. Payen's terminal station was itself demolished in 1949 and replaced by a through station on the present site as part of the North-South connection project.

The station is surrounded by the Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan to the east, the Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat to the west, the Rue Couverte/Bedektestraat to the north and the Rue des Vétérinaires/Veeartsenstraat to 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.

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