Franz Seulen designed the station in a Neo-Flemish Renaissance style. The infobox gives the opening as 1887, while the building was built in two phases, with the left wing around 1890 and the main right wing in 1913. The article does not reconcile the dates and names no client for the building.
The station has 13 platforms, numbered 3 to 15. Tracks 1 and 2 were once used for motorail services, which moved to Denderleeuw in 2000 and ended in 2003. The facades have been restored, and the Brussels-Capital Region listed the building as a monument in 1994.
The station closed in 2013 and now houses the Train World railway museum, which opened on September 25, 2015, after an investment of 20.5 million euros. SNCB/NMBS owns it.
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