Brussels-North railway station

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Brussels-North
Railway Station
Main hall of Brussels-North railway station
General information
Location	Rue du Progrès / Vooruitgangstraat 76 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussels-Capital Region Belgium
Coordinates	50°51′36″N 4°21′42″E / 50.86000°N 4.36167°E / 50.86000; 4.36167
Owned by	SNCB/NMBS
Operated by	SNCB/NMBS
Line(s)	0, 25, 27, 36, 50, 161
Platforms	12
Connections	Brussels Metro: 3 4
Construction
Architect	Jacques and Paul Saintenoy
Architectural style	Modernism
Other information
Station code	FBN
History
Opened	4 October 1952; 71 years ago (1952-10-04)
Location Brussels-North Location within Belgium Show map of Belgium Brussels-North Brussels-North (Europe) Show map of Europe

v t e Brussels Premetro North-South Axis
Legend
42555 Brussels-North (Gare du Nord/Noordstation) 4 Rogier 26 De Brouckère 15 Bourse/Beurs Anneessens 5182 Lemonnier 81 Brussels-South (Gare du Midi/Zuidstation) 26 8182 Porte de Hal/Hallepoort 26 Parvis de Saint-Gilles/ Sint-Gillis Voorplein Horta 8197 Albert 51│34

Brussels-North railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Nord; Dutch: Station Brussel-Noord)^[a] is one of the three major railway stations in Brussels, Belgium; the other two are Brussels-Central and Brussels-South. Every regular domestic and international train (except Eurostar) passing there has a planned stop. The station has 200,000 passengers per week, mainly commuters, making it one of the busiest in Belgium.

Brussels-North is the end point of the premetro (underground tram) North–South Axis (on lines 3 and 4), and an important node of the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB), as well as of bus lines of the Flemish transport company De Lijn. More than 30 regional bus lines depart from there, as do international Eurolines coach services.

The station is located in the Brussels municipality of Schaerbeek, in the middle of the Northern Quarter business district (also called Little Manhattan), with several corporation headquarters such as Belgacom Towers, Rogier Tower and others, government offices, as well as Flemish ministries. Right next to the station is the Rue d'Aerschot/Aarschotstraat, an area of prostitution "behind windows".^[1]

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