Originally Posted by
BAAZ
Because they don't realise Midi means South, whereas Nord and Centrale are clear even to people who don't speak any French.
Worse than that, I have encountered English-speaking people who were assuming that Bruxelles-Midi is another name for Bruxelles-Central, presumably under the misapprehension that "midi" is synonymous with "central" (?assuming that "midi" = "middle"?).