I am trying to reserve seats from Brussels - Midi to London St Pancras, but when I enter Brussels the list of stations there does not include Midi. It does allow me to book from Brussels - Centraal to London St Pancras, but it goes to Midi and then we have to change trains and I want to avoid that.
I know that others have booked from Midi - how do I get the computer to allow it please?
There's half a dozen websites where you can book this train. Which one are you using?
Usually using the local name will work, which is either Brussel-Zuid or Bruxelles-Midi. Exonymes are not guaranteed to be recognised. "Londres” or "Londen” won't find St Pancras either.
Thank you very much - I wasn’t specific enough - I’ve got an Interrail pass and am trying to reserve seats from Midi to St Pancras.
You still didn't mention which website (URL?) you are using to book. As I wrote, there are half a dozen or so you can use. Some recognise "Brussels”, but others will only recognise the local names.
Brussel-Zuid and Bruxelles-Midi, which are the official names in Dutch and French, should always work though.
Thank you - I’m using Interrail’s own site because I thought we had to when using the Pass. Google translate shows “Zuid” to mean “South” so I’m not sure.
Zuid indeed means South.
The Interrail website won't recognise "Brussels-Midi”, so just use the Dutch or French name.
You can book reservations anywhere you like, and Interrail is often not the best or cheapest website. This page offers the best overview of where to book which reservations:
https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm
+8You can use other website or apps to book seat reservations, other than that of Interrail.
Either you use Brussel-Zuid (in Dutch) or Bruxelles-Midi (in French). “Midi” is a bit of an archaic french term for Sud (South). It sometimes confuses people ;)
Dear Brendan, thank you so very much for this; when I type in Zuid to London it comes out on the right hand side as Midi! This is a great relief as it’s been causing a lot of anxiety in our house!
+8No worries, classic confusion for tourists in bilingual Brussels. But as you can see on the big banner picture on the website, same train station: https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Stations/Brussels-Midi
Frankly, it’s not the worst example. We assume that people know that Vivier D’Oie (in Fr) is the same station as Diesdelle (in NL). Althought the names have very different meanings. But let us not confuse you any further😅
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