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Metro station in Brussels, Belgium


Gare du Midi/Zuidstation metro station
General information
LocationAvenue Fonsny / Fonsnylaan 47B
1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′6.58″N 4°20′6.8″E / 50.8351611°N 4.335222°E / 50.8351611; 4.335222
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
ConnectionsBrussels Metro Brussels Metro: 3 4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened2 October 1988; 36 years ago (1988-10-02)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro. A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Porte de Hal/Hallepoorttowards Elisabeth Line 2 Clemenceautowards Simonis
Line 6 Clemenceautowards King Baudouin
Brussels Premetro
North-South Axis
Legend
42555
Brussels-North
(Gare du Nord/Noordstation)
4
Rogier 26
De Brouckère 15
Bourse/Beurs
Anneessens-Fontainas
5182
Lemonnier
81
Brussels-South
(Gare du Midi/Zuidstation)
Eurostar 26
8182
Porte de Hal/Hallepoort 26
Parvis de Saint-Gilles/
Sint-Gillis Voorplein
Horta 8197
Albert
51│34

Gare du Midi (French) or Zuidstation (Dutch) is a rapid transit station in Brussels, Belgium, consisting of both a metro station (on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6) and a premetro (underground tram) station (serving lines 4 and 10 on the North–South Axis between Brussels-North railway station and Albert premetro station).

The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 as the southern terminus of line 2 from Simonis. Line 2 has since been extended beyond Gare du Midi/Zuidstation to Clemenceau in 1993, Delacroix in 2006, and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation in 2009. Since 3 December 1993, the station has also accommodated North–South Axis premetro services at separate platforms, with cross-platform interchange between metro and premetro in both directions. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 2, 3, 4 and 6. Line 3 was disbanded in 2024 and replaced by the new line 10.

The metro station is located under Brussels-South railway station, the busiest station in Belgium, and the only Brussels stop for international high-speed rail services Eurostar (including the former Thalys) and TGV.

Area

The South Tower, the tallest building in Belgium, stands in front of the station's main exit (the crossroad of the Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan and the Rue Couverte/Bedektestraat) and houses the Belgian Federal Pensions Service (FPS).

See also

References

  1. "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. "Line 3 direction ESPLANADE - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. "Line 4 direction GARE DU NORD - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. "What's new on the network". STIB-MIVB. Retrieved 23 September 2024.
  6. GmbH, Emporis. "Belgium | Statistics | EMPORIS". Emporis. Archived from the original on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
  7. "SFPD". www.sfpd.fgov.be. Retrieved 23 March 2018.

External links

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