Brussels-Central railway station
Appearance
Railway Station | |
General information | |
Location | Carrefour de l'Europe / Europakruispunt 2 B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium |
Coordinates | 50°50′44″N 4°21′25″E / 50.84556°N 4.35694°E |
Owned by | SNCB/NMBS |
Operated by | SNCB/NMBS |
Line(s) | North–South connection |
Platforms | 3 (island) |
Tracks | 6 |
Connections | Brussels Metro: 1 5 (at metro station) |
Construction | |
Architect | Victor Horta, Maxime Brunfaut |
Architectural style | Modernism |
Other information | |
Station code | FBCL |
Website | Official website |
History | |
Opened | 4 October 1952 |
Location | |
Brussels-Central railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Central, Dutch: Station Brussel-Centraal)[a] is a railway and metro station in central Brussels, Belgium. It is the second busiest railway station in Belgium[1] and one of three main railway stations in Brussels, together with Brussels-South and Brussels-North. First completed in 1952 after protracted delays caused by economic difficulties and World War II, it is the newest of Brussels' main rail stations.
Brussels-Central is connected to the rapid transit Gare Centrale/Centraal Station station on lines 1 and 5 of the Brussels Metro system, and serves as an important node of the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company.
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Officially Brussels-Central (French: Bruxelles-Central, Dutch: Brussel-Centraal)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Gares : Bruxelles-Centrale en tête". La Libre. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011.