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′44″N 4°21′25″E / 50.84556°N 4.35694°E / 50.84556; 4.35694
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened17 December 1969; 54 years ago (1969-12-17) (premetro)
20 September 1976; 48 years ago (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro. A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. 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.[1][2]

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.[3][4]

  1. ^ BELGA (17 August 2023). "Le tunnel de la Gare Centrale remis à neuf". La Libre.be (in French). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ Ienco, Grégory (6 August 2021). "La rénovation de la station de métro de la gare centrale finalement prévue en 2022". BX1 (in French). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  3. ^ "Line 1 direction GARE DE L'OUEST - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Line 5 direction ERASME - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.