In 1848, the Compagnie de l'Entre Sambre et Meuse to Walcourt and Morialmé opened, to support local extractive industries.

In 1852, the Compagnie du Nord-Belge opened to connect Charleroi with its northern French network, via Erquelinnes.

New ticket offices will be installed, the platform shelters will be modernised and a brand new corridor will be built under the tracks.

Charleroi-South metro station, simply known as South (French: Sud) on network maps, was opened in 1976.

Located at street level, Sud was a terminus station until the opening of the last section of the central loop of the Charleroi Metro, on 27 February 2012.

The station features a balloon loop from the times it was a terminus, allowing vehicles entering it from the west to reverse.