De Brouckère metro station
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De Brouckère is a rapid transit station located beneath the Place de Brouckère/De Brouckèreplein in central Brussels, Belgium. It consists of both a metro station (serving lines 1 and 5) and a premetro (underground tram) station (serving lines 3 and 4 on the North–South Axis between Brussels-North railway station and Albert premetro station).
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Location | Place de Brouckère / De Brouckèreplein B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°51′03″N 4°21′08″E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (metro) 2 side platforms and 1 island platform (premetro) | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 (metro) 2 (premetro) | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 17 December 1969; 54 years ago (1969-12-17) (premetro) 20 September 1976; 47 years ago (1976-09-20) (metro) | |||||||||||||||
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The station opened on 17 December 1969, as a premetro station on the tram line between De Brouckère and Schuman, and it also became a heavy metro station in 1976, serving former lines 1A and 1B. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1 and 5, which cross Brussels from east to west.