Charleroi-South railway station

Charleroi-South
Railway Station
Location	Square des martyrs du 18 août, Charleroi
Coordinates	50°24′17″N 4°26′19″E / 50.40472°N 4.43861°E / 50.40472; 4.43861Coordinates: 50°24′17″N 4°26′19″E / 50.40472°N 4.43861°E / 50.40472; 4.43861
Owned by	National Railway Company of Belgium
Line(s)	117, 118, 124, 130, 130A, 132, 130, 140
Platforms	12
History
Opened	1843 (1843)

Sud
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	21 June 1976
Services
Preceding station   Charleroi Metro   Following station Villette One-way operation Line M1 Tirou toward Anderlues Tirou One-way operation Line M2 Villette toward Anderlues Villette One-way operation Line M4 Tirou toward Soleilmont

Charleroi-South (French: Charleroi-Sud) is the main railway station serving Charleroi, Belgium. Charleroi-South is also the main TEC bus station in Charleroi, and a station of the Charleroi metro.

The station was served by a daily Thalys high speed service to Paris between 1998 and 31 March 2015.

The station is served by the following services:

In addition to the above services, additional peak time trains are scheduled on weekdays (mornings and end of afternoons).

The Charleroi-South pre-metro station, simply known as South (French: Sud) on network maps, was opened in 1976. Along with Vilette, Sud was the first station to enter service on the Charleroi pre-metro. Located at street level, Sud was a dead-end station until the opening of the last section of the central loop of the Charleroi metro, on February 27, 2012.

The Charleroi-South bus station is the main TEC bus transfer point in Charleroi. An express bus line (line A) serves the Brussels South Charleroi Airport.

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