Brussels-Central railway station
railway/metro station in Brussels, Belgium
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  | |||||
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| Railway Station | |||||
 Main hall of Brussels-Central railway station | |||||
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| 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)
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| Construction | |||||
| Architect | Victor Horta, Maxime Brunfaut | ||||
| Architectural style | Modernism | ||||
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| Station code | FBCL | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 4 October 1952 | ||||
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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- ↑ Officially Brussels-Central (French: Bruxelles-Central, Dutch: Brussel-Centraal)
References
change- ↑ "Gares : Bruxelles-Centrale en tête". La Libre. 10 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2011.