Station (railway station)
For many visitors the station is the entrance hall to the city. In the coming years this contact point with the outside world will be shrouded by four waves of metal and glass according to the design of architect Samyn (Brussels).
Underground and under the roof two wide connections link the borough of Kessel-lo (youth hostel) with Leuven and provide access to the many hundreds of trains that link Leuven within the hour with its numerous neighbouring cities (Brussel, Antwerpen, Gent, Liège…).
On the Leuven side of the station there is a very spacious station square and the striking red building of the bus company. Under all this you will find the most beautiful and pleasant underground car park in the country: both the driver leaving his car and the occasional passer-by can enjoy the sights in the underground car tunnel, the unexpected sights of the station and the city as well as at times the enormous spaces and warm lighting. The car park, the square and the bus station (designed by Manuel de Solà-Morales Rubio, Barcelona) harmonize smoothly with one another and with the station.