Brussels Metro line 1

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Brussels Metro line 1
standard gauge
Electrification900 V DC (third rail)
Line 1
Line 5 to Erasme/Erasmus
Brussels-West
(Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation)
265
Beekkant 265
Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers 5
Graaf van Vlaanderen
5
Brussels-Charleroi Canal
Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne 5
De Brouckère 345
Brussels Central
(Gare Centrale/Centraal Station)
5
Parc/
Park
Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet 265
Maelbeek/Maalbeek 5
Schuman 5
Merode 5
Montgomery 7
Joséphine-Charlotte
Gribaumont
Tomberg
Roodebeek
Vandervelde
Alma
Kraainem/Crainhem
Stockel/Stokkel
Key
metro lines
premetro lines
SNCB lines

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
.

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

However, these plans were not mentioned again in subsequent years.

References

  1. ^ STIB History Stibstories.be, May 2015. Retrieved April 2017. (French)
  2. ^ "STIB 2020 Plan: Étendre le réseau de manière à mieux couvrir la demande (pdf)" (PDF). STIB (in French). 2004.

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