Brussels-South railway station

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

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 every day between Brussels-South and Brussels-North railway stations. The station is connected to the Gare du Midi/Zuidstation station of the Brussels Metro system.

History

TGV and Thalys share a platform

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. The railway 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.

Features

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.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

• High speed services (Eurostar) London - Lille - Brussels
• High speed services (ICE) Brussels - Liège - Cologne - Frankfurt
• High speed services (Thalys) Amsterdam - Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels - Paris
• High speed services (Thalys) 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 - Nice
• High speed services (TGV) Brussels - Lille - Aéroport CDG - Lyon - Nîmes - Montpellier
• EuroCity services (IC-34) Brussels - Namur - Luxembourg - Strasbourg - Mulhouse - Basel
• Intercity services (IC-35) Amsterdam - The Hague - Rotterdam - Roosendaal - 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

	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
Lille Europe Terminus		Thalys		Antwerpen-Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
Chambéry toward Bourg-Saint-Maurice		Thalys (winter)		Antwerpen-Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
Valence TGV toward Marseille-Saint-Charles		Thalys (summer)		Antwerpen-Centraal toward Amsterdam Centraal
Preceding station		DB AG		Following station
Terminus		ICE 79		Brussels-North towards Frankfurt (Main) Hbf
Preceding station		SNCF		Following station
Terminus		TGV		Lille Europe toward Nice
Terminus		TGV		Lille Europe toward Montpellier-St-Roch
Preceding station		EuroCity		Following station
Terminus		EuroCity		Brussels-Central toward Basel SBB
Preceding station		NMBS/SNCB		Following station
Terminus		IC J IC "des Ardennes" & Luxembourg		Brussels-Central toward Luxembourg
Brussels-Central toward Amsterdam Centraal		NS International 9200		Terminus
	National connections
Preceding station		NMBS/SNCB		Following station
Gent-Sint-Pieters toward Oostende		IC 01		Brussels-Central toward Eupen
Gent-Sint-Pieters toward Blankenberge and Knokke		IC 03		Brussels-Central toward Genk
Brussels-Central toward Antwerpen-Centraal		IC 05 weekdays		Braine-l'Alleud toward Charleroi-Sud
Halle toward Tournai		IC 06		Brussels-Central toward Brussels National Airport
Braine-le-Comte toward Mons		IC 06A
Halle toward Binche		IC 11 weekdays		Brussels-Central toward Turnhout
Gent-Sint-Pieters toward Kortrijk		IC 12 weekdays		Brussels-Central toward Welkenraedt
Halle toward Quiévrain		IC 14 weekdays		Brussels-Central toward Liège-Guillemins
Terminus		IC 17 weekends		Brussels-Central toward Dinant
Terminus		IC 18 weekdays		Brussels-Central toward Liège-Palais
Liedekerke From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Gent-Sint-Pieters		IC 20		Brussels-Central From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Tongeren
Liedekerke On weekends and holidays toward Gent-Sint-Pieters				Brussels-Central On weekends and holidays toward Lokeren
Brussels-Central From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Essen		IC 22		Terminus
Brussels-Central On weekends and holidays toward Antwerpen-Centraal				Halle On weekends and holidays toward Binche
Denderleeuw toward Oostende		IC 23		Brussels-Central toward Brussels National Airport
Gent-Sint-Pieters toward Brugge		IC 23A
Halle toward Kortrijk		IC 26 weekdays		Brussels-Central toward Sint-Niklaas
Liedekerke toward De Panne		IC 29		Brussels-Central toward Landen
Brussels-Central From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Antwerpen-Centraal		IC 31		Terminus
Brussels-Central On weekends and holidays toward Antwerpen-Centraal				Braine-l'Alleud On weekends and holidays toward Charleroi-Sud
Brussels-Chapel toward Antwerpen-Centraal		S 1 weekdays		Forest-East toward Nivelles
Brussels-Central toward Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord		S 1 weekends
Brussels-Central toward Antwerpen-Centraal		S 1 weekends		Terminus
Brussels-Chapel toward Antwerpen-Centraal		S 1		Forest-East toward Nivelles
Brussels-Central toward Leuven		S 2		Forest-South toward Braine-le-Comte
Brussels-Central toward Dendermonde		S 3		Denderleeuw toward Oudenaarde
Brussels-Central toward Schaarbeek		S 6		Halle toward Denderleeuw
Brussels-Central toward Louvain-la-Neuve-Université		S 8		Terminus
Brussels-Central toward Aalst		S 10		Brussels-West toward Dendermonde

Metro and premetro station

Gare du Midi Zuidstation
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Connections
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

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 from two metro lines (2 and 6) as well as two pre-metro lines (3 and 4). It is situated underneath 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.

Ouibus

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

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

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

• Bruxelles-MIDI/Brussel-Zuid - station plan