Arts-Loi metro station
Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet metro station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°50′44″N 4°22′07″E / 50.84556°N 4.36861°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 per level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 per level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 17 December 1969 20 September 1976 (metro) | (premetro)|||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Arts-Loi (French) or Kunst-Wet (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station. It is located in the City of Brussels, Belgium, under the intersection of the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat and the Avenue des Arts/Kunstlaan, the latter street being part of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road).
The station's lower level opened on 17 December 1969, although at that time the station served tram rather than railway lines. The first metro train stopped there on 20 September 1976, when the only metro line (line 1) then split into two branches at Merode. The station was extended on 2 October 1988 with the opening of the old line 2 station, located on the upper level. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1, 2, 5 and 6.
Nowadays, the station is mainly used by commuters as there are few tourist sites nearby, although as an important junction between lines, many users of the metro network change trains there.
External links
Media related to Kunst-Wet/Arts-Loi metro station at Wikimedia Commons