Gare du Midi metro station
Metro station in Brussels, Belgium
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Gare du Midi (French) or Zuidstation (Dutch) is a rapid transit station in Brussels, Belgium, consisting of both a metro station (on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6) and a premetro (underground tram) station (serving lines 4 and 10 on the North–South Axis between Brussels-North railway station and Albert premetro station).
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1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Brussels Metro: 3 4
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| Location | Avenue Fonsny / Fonsnylaan 47B 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′6.58″N 4°20′6.8″E | ||||||||||||||
| Owner | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
| Connections | Brussels Metro: 3 4
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 2 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||
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The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 as the southern terminus of line 2 from Simonis. Line 2 has since been extended beyond Gare du Midi/Zuidstation to Clemenceau in 1993, Delacroix in 2006, and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation in 2009. Since 3 December 1993, the station has also accommodated North–South Axis premetro services at separate platforms, with cross-platform interchange between metro and premetro in both directions.[citation needed] Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 2, 3, 4 and 6.[1][2][3][4] Line 3 was disbanded in 2024 and replaced by the new line 10.[5]
The metro station is located under Brussels-South railway station, the busiest station in Belgium, and the only Brussels stop for international high-speed rail services Eurostar (including the former Thalys) and TGV.
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The South Tower, the tallest building in Belgium,[6] stands in front of the station's main exit (the crossroad of the Avenue Fonsny/Fonsnylaan and the Rue Couverte/Bedektestraat) and houses the Belgian Federal Pensions Service (FPS).[7]
