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| Locale | Brussels |
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| Transit type | Rapid transit |
| Began operation | 1976 |
| System length | 32 km (20 mi) |
| Number of lines | 3 |
| Number of stations | 59 |
| Operator(s) | STIB/MIVB |
Brussels, Belgium, has a metro network with three lines of metro (two of which share a common section), two lines of "premetro" (underground sections used by otherwise open-air tramway lines and designed so as to be convertible to pure metro lines), and a few short underground tramway sections, which makes more than 50 km of underground network and 68 underground stations. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway Brussels Tram (or streetcar system is a successful medium-sized system whose development demonstrates many of the quandaries that face local public transport planners The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand
Most of the common section of the first two lines (between De Brouckère and Schuman) was inaugurated on December 17, 1969 as "premetro" (thus with tramways), and was converted in 1976 to the first two lines of the actual metro (which was then considered as one line with two branches). Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The Brussels metro is administered by the Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or STIB (in French) or Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or MIVB (in Dutch). French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname
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History
The STIB/MIVB was created in 1954. The first underground tramway line was built between 1965 and 1969; it joined Schuman to De Brouckère. Schuman station is a Railway and metro station in the City of Brussels. De Brouckère is a Brussels rapid transit station consisting of both a metro station (serving lines 1A and 1B and a premetro ( Tram) station In 1970 a second line was opened, between Madou and Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort. Madou ( is a town of about 50000 residents in Tainan County, Taiwan. The underground station Diamant was opened in 1972 and the "outer ring" line was extended to the station Boileau in 1975. Since then, this underground tramway section has not been further developed. It is currently used by the tramway lines 23, 24 and 25. The station Rogier was inaugurated in 1974.
It is only on September 20, 1976 that the first metro was brought into service. Events 451 - The Battle of Chalons takes place in North Eastern France. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. One branch went from De Brouckère to Beaulieu (in Auderghem), and the other one joined De Brouckère and Tomberg (in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert). Oudergem (current Dutch spelling or Auderghem ( French and former Dutch spelling is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital The same year, the North-South axis was opened between the North Station and Lemonnier. In 1977 two new stations were built: Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne which replaced De Brouckère as the last stop in the municipality of Brussels, and Demey which replaced Beaulieu as the last stop of the southern branch.
The next step in the exploitation of the metro was the opening of three metro stations in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (namely Beekkant, the new end of the metro line, Etangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers and Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen). Molenbeek-Saint-Jean ( French) or Sint-Jans-Molenbeek ( Dutch) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region In 1982 the line 1 was split in two different lines: the line 1A going from Bockstael (in Laeken, a former municipality now lying in that of Brussels) to Demey (Auderghem) and the line 1B going from Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido (in Anderlecht) to Alma (in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert). Laken ( Dutch) or Laeken ( French) is a residential suburb in north-west Brussels ( Postal code: B-1020 Belgium. This article is about the region of Belgium for the football club see R Three years later the line 1A was lengthened to Heysel (near the site of the 1958 World Fair and the Heysel Stadium) at one end and to Hermann-Debroux at the other end. The Heysel Metro Station is one of the metro stations on line 1A of the Brussels Metro. Expo 58, also known as the Brussels World’s Fair, Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling or Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles, was held from See also Heysel Stadium disaster The King Baudouin Stadium (French Stade Roi Baudouin, Dutch Koning Boudewijnstadion That year was also the one which saw the opening of the station Veeweyde on the line 1B, as well as that of Louise/Louiza on the premetro line dug under the small ring (from Louise/Louiza to Rogier). History In the 16th century Brussels had a second set of defensive walls built to accommodate the expanding city
This line was extended to Simonis the next year and was finally opened as an official metro line in 1988, known as line 2, then going from Simonis to the South Station. The stations of Kraainem/Crainhem and Stockel/Stokkel were also inaugurated in 1988 on the line 1B. Kraainem/Crainhem is a Brussels metro station in the municipality of Woluwe-St At the other end of this line, the station Bizet opened in 1992. It was then the turn of the line 2 to extend to Clemenceau in 1993. The premetro section known as the North-South Axis was also lengthened until Albert that year with 5 new premetro stations (South Station, Porte de Hal/Hallepoort, Parvis de Saint-Gilles/Sint-Gillis Voorplein, Horta and Albert).
In 1998 a new station was opened at Roi Baudouin/King Boudewijn (Brussels, line 1A). Four new stations were inaugurated in 2003 on the line 1B: La Roue/Het Rad, CERIA/COOVI, Eddy Merckx and Erasme/Erasmus. Eddy Merckx is a Metro station on the western branch of Line 1B of the Brussels Metro.
With the inauguration of the new station Delacroix in September 2006, line 2 has been extended on the line Brussel-South - Clemenceau.
Plans for 2009
The development plan for 2009 has been approved by the Brussels Capital Region in July of 2005. Following this plan, there will be four true metro lines and 2 tram/metro lines in 2009, as follows:
- Line 1 will go from Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation to Stockel/Stokkel;
- Line 2 will make a loop starting and ending in Simonis, largely on the small ring;
- Line 3, a tram line with 43-metre long trams and 5 minute intervals, thus making it similar to a metro line. History In the 16th century Brussels had a second set of defensive walls built to accommodate the expanding city It will run from the place W. Churchill to the Gare du Nord/Noordstation through the North-South axis;
- Line 4, also a tram/metro line and running from Stalle(P) to Esplanade through the North-South axis;
- Line 5 will run from Erasme/Erasmus to Herrmann-Debroux;
- Line 6 from Roi Baudouin/King Boudewijn to Simonis (including the loop of the line 2). The King Baudouin Metro Station is one of the metro stations on line 1A of the Brussels Metro.
The tram and bus networks will also undergo some major changes. For example, the major part of the North-South Axis (from Lemonnier to Rogier) will only be used by the new line 4 and the line 3 during the day. The lines 55 and 56 coming from Schaerbeek will thus stop at Rogier. Schaarbeek ( Dutch) or Schaerbeek ( French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium
As part of that plan, line 52 has been replaced by line 4 in the North (from the South station to Thomas and from Van Praet to Esplanade), and by lines 56 (from Rogier to Princesse Elizabeth), 82 (from Drogenbos to Lemonnier) and 32 in the South. Bruxelles-Midi / Brussel-Zuid (Brussels South is a major Railway station in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.
An already implemented part of this plan is the creation of tramway lines 24 and 25. Since April 2007 the new line 25 goes from Rogier to the Boondael/Boondaal railway station following the route of the ex-line 90 from Rogier to Buyl, then leaves the outer ring towards the Université Libre de Bruxelles campus of Solbosch. The Université Libre de Bruxelles (or ULB) is a French -speaking University in Brussels The (somewhat older) new line 24 strengthens the tram presence on the outer ring during daytime; it goes from the Schaerbeek/Schaarbeek railway station to Vanderkindere in Uccle. Schaarbeek - Schaerbeek is a Railway station in the municipality of Schaarbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Ukkel ( Dutch) or Uccle ( French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium
See also
External links
- STIB/MIVB official website
- Brussels page on Urbanrail.net
- Photos: Métro de Bruxelles (French)
- Proposed Network 2020
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