Heysel metro station
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 Heysel/Heizel metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°53′48″N 4°20′11″E / 50.89667°N 4.33639°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 July 1985 | ||||||||||
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Heysel (French) or Heizel (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on the northern branch of line 6.[1] It is located in Laeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium, and serves the Heysel/Heizel Plateau, famous for the World's Fairs of 1935 and 1958, the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly known as the Heysel Stadium) and the Atomium. The Bruparck entertainment park (with among others Mini-Europe miniature park and Kinepolis Brussels cinema) and the Centenary Palace, home to the Brussels Exhibition Centre (Brussels Expo), are also located nearby.
The metro station opened on 5 July 1985, and until 1998, it was the western terminus of former line 1A. On 25 August 1998, the line was further extended to Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn for the 2000 UEFA European Football Championship. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by line 6.[2] It offers a connection with tram route 7, as well as bus routes 84 and 88.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Heysel/Heizel metro station - Brussels Metro".
- ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
[edit]Media related to Heizel Heysel metro station, Brussels at Wikimedia Commons
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