Brussels-Central railway station
| Railway Station | |||||
Main hall of Brussels-Central railway station | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Carrefour de l'Europe / Europakruispunt 2 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) | ||||
| Construction | |||||
| Architect | Victor Horta, Maxime Brunfaut | ||||
| Architectural style | Modernism | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | FBCL | ||||
| Website | Official website | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 4 October 1952 | ||||
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Brussels-Central railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Central; Dutch: Station Brussel-Centraal) is a railway and metro station in central Brussels, Belgium. It is the second busiest railway station in Belgium and one of three principal 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 hubs. The train services are operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).
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 (STIB/MIVB).