Gare Centrale metro station


Gare Centrale/Centraal Station metro station
General information
LocationCarrefour de l'Europe / Europakruispunt 2
1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′47.4″N 4°21′31.3″E / 50.846500°N 4.358694°E / 50.846500; 4.358694
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened17 December 1969 (1969-12-17) (premetro)
20 September 1976 (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station
De Brouckère
towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation
 Line 1 Park
towards Stockel/Stokkel
De Brouckère
towards Erasme/Erasmus
 Line 5 Park
towards Herrmann-Debroux

Gare Centrale (French) or Centraal Station (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on lines 1 and 5. It is located five minutes' walk from Brussels-Central railway station, under the Marché au Bois/Houtmarkt, in the City of Brussels, Belgium, and can be accessed through a pedestrian tunnel.

The station opened on 17 December 1969 as a premetro (underground tram) station on the tram line between De Brouckère and Schuman. This station was upgraded to full metro status on 20 September 1976, serving former east–west line 1 (further split in 1982 into former lines 1A and 1B). Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of east–west lines 1 and 5.

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