Exhibition : 4X4 : 4 visions on the North-South Junction

If the train crosses the Brussels North-Midi Junction, a measurement is also taken at the first station reached after the North-Midi Junction along its journey.

The Brussels North-South Connection is emblematic for such projects.

Exhibition : 4X4 : 4 visions on the North-South Junction

If the train crosses the Brussels North-Midi Junction, a measurement is also taken at the first station reached after the North-Midi Junction along its journey.

In Belgium, the rail network crosses Brussels via the North-Midi junction.

Exhibition : 4X4 : 4 visions on the North-South Junction

Inaugurated in 1952, the ‘Brussels North-South’ junction forms the heart of the Belgian railway network.

Inside the Pentagon, to the west of the Nord-Midi axis plus les Marolles;

Terminus: the North-South Connection is closed for domestic transit traffic, so Brussels-North and Brussels-Midi become end stations.

We record the punctuality of domestic traffic in the final station and – if the train rides through the Brussels North-South connection – in the first station of the North-South connection on their route.

A tunnel with 2 to 4 tracks is dug under the current North-South Connection.

On October 4, 1952, King Baudouin inaugurated the six-track North-South connection.

An industrial revolution later, Brussels is open from one end to the other by the North-South junction.

Once the entire railway network was back in action, work recommenced on the construction of the North-South connection in Brussels.