Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid (English: Brussels South, IATA code: ZYR) is a major railway station in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. The station's bilingual French-Dutch name is often shortened outside Belgium – for example, in the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable—to the (tri-lingual) "Brussels Midi/Zuid". The station is served by the Gare du Midi/Zuidstation station on the Brussels Metro system. There are over 1,000 daily trains betwe...
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Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid (English: Brussels South, IATA code: ZYR) is a major railway station in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium. The station's bilingual French-Dutch name is often shortened outside Belgium – for example, in the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable—to the (tri-lingual) "Brussels Midi/Zuid". The station is served by the Gare du Midi/Zuidstation station on the Brussels Metro system. There are over 1,000 daily trains between Brussels-South and Brussels-North.
The railway station designed by Payen opened in 1869, though a former station known as Station des Bogards/Bogaardenstation existed since 1840 near the Place Rouppeplein in the southern part of the city. This station was demolished 29 years later as it was already too small. In 1949 the railway station was demolished and replaced by the current yellow building with the clock tower because of the North-South connection project. The station is surrounded by the Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan in the East, the Rue...
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