Brussels Metro line 1
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Electrification | 900 V DC (third rail) |
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Line 1 is a
Schuman station, Mérode and West stations. The line crosses the municipalities of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Koekelberg, City of Brussels, Etterbeek, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
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The first section of this line was built in the late 1960s between Schuman station and
Veeweyde/Veeweide in 1985, to Bizet in 1992 and finally to Erasme in 2003. The line was expanded to the east, to Alma in 1982 and to Stockel in 1988.[1]
Future
As the line was congested at peak hours, STIB made plans in 2004 to divert some traffic via construction of a new leg of the metro. Under provisional plans, it would have run from Merode to Trône via new stops in
Jean Rey Square and Brussels-Luxembourg railway station.[2]
However, these plans were not mentioned again in subsequent years.
References
- ^ STIB History Stibstories.be, May 2015. Retrieved April 2017. (French)
- ^ "STIB 2020 Plan: Étendre le réseau de manière à mieux couvrir la demande (pdf)" (PDF). STIB (in French). 2004.