Brussels-Central railway station
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Brussels-Central railway station
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| Opening | 1952-10-04 |
| Telegraphic code | FBCL |
| Railway line(s) | North-South Junction |
| Platforms | 6 |
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Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal (Brussels Central) is a railway station in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. 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.
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 is expected to finish this year.
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.
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