Brussels-Central railway station
- Brussels-Central railway station
Infobox Belgian railway station
coordinates=coord|50|50|44|N|4|21|25|E|region:BE-BRU_type:landmark|display=inline,title
opening=Start date|1952|10|04
telegraphiccode=FBCL
lines=North-South Junction
Metro 1A and 1B
platforms=6
aricode=10000215
Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal (Brussels Central) is a metro and railway station in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.
History
Designed by Victor Horta and inaugurated in 1952 as part of the North-South Junction project to connect the main railway lines in Brussels, it lies midway between the other main stations Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid and Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord.
Rail station
The railway station has six tracks, served by three island platforms. These are underground, beneath the city blocks within the "Boulevard de l'Impératrice/Keizerinlaan", "Rue de l'Infante Isabelle/Infante Isabella straat", "Kantersteen" and "Rue de la Putterie/Putterijstraat".
The main entrance and ticket office is at ground level on Keizerinlaan/Imperatrice and there are several other entrances on the other streets. Renovation work on the station was expected to finish in 2007.
Metro station
Five minutes' walk from the railway station through a pedestrian tunnel, there is a Brussels Metro station, also called "Gare Centrale - Centraal Station". It is located under the "Marché au bois/Houtmarkt".
This was first opened as a premetro station on 17 December 1969 on the tram line between De Brouckère and Schuman. This premetro line was upgraded to full metro status on 20 September 1976 and today lies on the joint section of lines 1A and 1B that cross Brussels from east to west.
See also
* Murder of Joe Van Holsbeeck
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