Gare de Midi / Zuidstation
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The South station (French: Gare du Midi, Dutch: Zuidstation) in Brussels, Belgium is a metro, premetro and railway station. The station's IATA-code is ZYR.
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[edit] The railway station
The railway station designed by Payen opened in 1869 though a former station known as Station des Bogards existed since 1840 near the "Place Rouppe/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 actual yellow building with the clock tower because of the North-South Junction project. The station is surrounded by the "Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan" in the East, the "Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat" in the West, the "Rue Couverte" in the North and the "Rue des Vétérinaires" in the South. In the 1990s, the Eurostar/Thalys terminal was added along the "Rue de France/Frankrijkstraat".
[edit] The metro and premetro station
The metro station served by the line 2 opened in 1988 as the final stop of the new line going to the Simonis metro station. It is located under the "Rue Couverte". The premetro station opened in 1993 and the metro and premetro networks share those stations located at two different levels under the ground.
[edit] Places of interest
The tallest building in Belgium is located in front of the main way out of the station (the crossroad of "Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan" and "Rue Couverte") and is named the South Tower.
[edit] References
- (French) SNCB official website
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- Satellite image from WikiMapia or Google Local
- Street map from Multimap or GlobalGuide
- Aerial image from TerraServer
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Simonis | Ribaucourt | Yser/IJzer | Rogier | Botanique/Kruidtuin | Madou | Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet | Trône/Troon | Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort | Louise/Louiza | Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof | Porte de Hal/Hallepoort | Gare du Midi/Zuidstation | Clemenceau | Delacroix edit |
