However, with the rise of workers commuting by car, and later on the abandonment of the CAE/RAC buildings, the station fell increasingly out of use.

[2] In 2009, the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS) counted 1,187 people boarding there every weekday.

The station building was designed by the modernist architect Maxime Brunfaut at the end of the 1940s.

It consists mainly of an above-ground ventilation shaft for the underground North–South connection, which Brunfaut smartly used as the basis for his monumental design.

The main design features are the stumpy tower and the large cantilevering shed over the entrance.

The closed front façade of the central bay is also decorated with a bas-relief, made by the sculptor Jozef Cantré.

[2] The underground entrance is accentuated by the large cantilevering shed with the station's name written on its edge.

They organised different projects in the station building ranging from exhibitions to music concerts.