Brussels South Station was closed for around 3 hours on Monday evening after 3 suspicious packages were found at the station. The packages were all checked and found. The station was closed at around 5:20pm on Monday and didn’t reopen until 8.02 pm.
Commuters stranded for several hours after 3 suspicious packages led to closure of Brussels South Station on Monday evening
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All train services to and from Brussels-South station were suspended for around 3 hours on Monday evening after 3 suspicious packages were found. One of the packages on a train on platform 20, another was found on platform 18. According to the rail infrastructure management company Infrabel spokesperson Frédéric Sacré the train on platform 20 was en route to Antwerp.
The incident caused major disruption at one of the capital’s main transport hubs.
At around 7.45 pm, the Federal Police announced that all the packages had been found to be harmless.
Infrabel’s Thomas Baeken said later on Monday evening that “Since 8.02 pm, trains have been able to run again at Brussels South from all platforms except tracks 19 and 20. The station has also been reopened.”
Metro, tram and bus services that pass by the station were also suspended. The Brussels public transport company MIVB had earlier reported disruption and diversions on several metro, tram and bus routes.