Charleroi-South railway station

Charleroi-South railway station , officially Charleroi-South, is the main railway station serving Charleroi, Hainaut, Belgium. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium . Charleroi-South is also the main TEC bus station in Charleroi, and a station of the Charleroi Metro.The first railway connection to Charleroi was inaugurated in 1843, when the Belgian State Railways opened an indirect line from Brussels to Charleroi , continuing to Namur. On 23 October 1843, a train stopped for the first time in Charleroi. At this time, the station is not more than a temporary building along the rails at the north-west of the actual site. In 1848, the Compagnie de l'Entre Sambre et Meuse to Walcourt and Morialmé opened, to support local extractive industries. In 1852, the Compagnie du Nord-Belge opened to connect Charleroi with its northern French network, via Erquelinnes. In 1855, the Compagnie du Grand Central Belge to Ottignies also opened.

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