Bockstael metro station
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 Bockstael metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Place Émile Bockstael / Émile Bockstaelplein 1020 Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°52′39″N 4°20′51″E / 50.87750°N 4.34750°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 6 October 1982 | ||||||||||
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Bockstael is a Brussels Metro station on the northern branch of line 6. It is located in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium. The station received its name from the aboveground square Place Émile Bockstael/Émile Bockstaelplein, itself named after the liberal politician and former mayor of Laeken, Émile Bockstael.
The metro station opened on 6 October 1982 and was the western terminus of former line 1A, until the opening of an extension to Heysel/Heizel in 1985 (further extended in 1998 to King Baudouin). Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by line 6.[1]
The station allows transfer to and from suburban railway line 50 to Aalst and Dendermonde via Belgian Rail. A two track railway station with side platforms is integrated into the subway complex and replaced Laeken's old railway station, located about 200 metres (660 feet) eastwards.
See also
References
- ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
Media related to Bockstael metro station at Wikimedia Commons
- Station ID - Bockstael, bsubway.net
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