North–South connection (Brussels)

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railway corridor railway line railway tunnel

The North–South connection in Brussels is a major railway tunnel and corridor that links the city’s main train stations and serves as a central backbone of Belgium’s rail network.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
North–South connection (Brussels) canonical	4
Brussels North–South connection	3

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway corridor ⓘ railway line ⓘ railway tunnel ⓘ
connects	Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal railway station ⓘ surface form: Brussels-Central railway station Brussels-North railway station ⓘ Brussels-South railway station ⓘ
connectsRegion	international destinations via Brussels-South ⓘ northern Belgium ⓘ southern Belgium ⓘ
constructionInterruptedBy	World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
constructionStart	1911 ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
crosses	Pentagon of Brussels ⓘ surface form: Brussels Pentagon
electrification	overhead line electrification ⓘ
function	intercity rail corridor ⓘ international rail corridor ⓘ urban rail corridor ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasIntermediateStation	Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal railway station ⓘ surface form: Brussels-Central railway station
hasStationOnRoute	Brussels-Congress railway station ⓘ surface form: Brussels-Chapelle railway station (closed) Brussels-Congress railway station ⓘ surface form: Brussels-Kapellekerk railway station (closed)
hasStructure	railway tunnel ⓘ surface railway approaches ⓘ
importance	busiest railway corridor in Belgium ⓘ
isKeyNodeFor	European high-speed rail connections via Brussels-South ⓘ
languageArea	bilingual French–Dutch area of Brussels ⓘ
locatedIn	Belgian railway line 0 corridor ⓘ Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels Brussels-Capital Region ⓘ
numberOfTracks	6 ⓘ
opened	1952 ⓘ
operator	Infrabel ⓘ
owner	Infrabel ⓘ
partOf	Belgian railway network ⓘ
passesThrough	Brussels inner zone ⓘ surface form: Brussels city centre
passesUnder	historic centre of Brussels ⓘ
role	central backbone of Belgium’s rail network ⓘ main north–south rail axis in Brussels ⓘ
startPoint	Brussels-North railway station ⓘ
trafficType	passenger rail ⓘ
usedBy	Belgian InterCity network ⓘ surface form: Belgian InterCity trains Brussels suburban rail network ⓘ surface form: Brussels RER/S-train services SNCB/NMBS ⓘ international passenger trains ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal → railwayLine → North–South connection (Brussels) ⓘ

Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal → isPartOf → North–South connection (Brussels) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brussels North–South connection

Bruxelles-Nord / Brussel-Noord → partOf → North–South connection (Brussels) ⓘ

Brussels-North railway station → partOf → North–South connection (Brussels) ⓘ

Brussels-North railway station → railwayLine → North–South connection (Brussels) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brussels North–South connection

Brussels North–South railway axis → usesInfrastructure → North–South connection (Brussels) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Brussels North–South connection

Bruxelles-Central / Brussel-Centraal railway station → partOf → North–South connection (Brussels) ⓘ