Beekkant is a Brussels Metro station on lines 1, 2, 5 and 6. It is located under the Boulevard Edmond Machtens/Edmond Machtenslaan in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. The station's name translates into English as "Brookside".
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| Location | Boulevard Edmond Machtens / Edmond Machtenslaan 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°51′13″N 4°19′22″E / 50.85361°N 4.32278°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 May 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The metro station opened on 8 May 1981 as part of the Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne–Beekkant extension of former east–west line 1, and was for a year, until 6 October 1982, the western terminus of the metro. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1, 2, 5 and 6.[1][2][3][4][excessive citations]
The metro station runs parallel to a railway used for freight trains, and from 2010 again, as a suburban railway line of the future Brussels Regional Express Network (RER/GEN).[5]
Connections
editThe station offers the following connections:
- The trains of the line 1 from the east continue their route towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation and Stockel/Stokkel.[1]
- The trains of the line 5 from the east continue their route towards Erasme/Erasmus and Herrmann-Debroux.[2]
- The trains of the line 2 from Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation continue their route towards Simonis.[3]
- The trains of the line 6 from Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation continue their route towards Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn.[4]
- The trains of the lines 2 and 6 towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation continue their route towards Elisabeth.[6][7]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Line 1 direction GARE DE L'OUEST - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Line 5 direction ERASME - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Brussel-West station". www.belgianrail.be. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
- ^ "Line 2 direction ELISABETH - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 6 direction ELISABETH - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Beekkant metro station at Wikimedia Commons- STIB/MIVB official website
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