Gare du Midi metro station


Gare du Midi/Zuidstation metro station
General information
LocationAvenue Fonsny / Fonsnylaan 47B
1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′11″N 4°20′16″E / 50.8365°N 4.3379°E / 50.8365; 4.3379
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/Hallepoort
towards Elisabeth
Line 2 Clemenceau
towards Simonis
Line 6 Clemenceau
Brussels Premetro
North-South Axis
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
5134

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.[citation needed] Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 2, 3, 4 and 6.[1][2][3][4] Line 3 was disbanded in 2024 and replaced by the new line 10.[5]

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

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The South Tower, the tallest building in Belgium,[6] 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).[7]

See also

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References

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  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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "SFPD". www.sfpd.fgov.be. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
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