Kraainem metro station

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STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Below grade
Parking	Park and ride lot
History
Opened	31 August 1988; 35 years ago (1988-08-31)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Alma towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Line 1 Stockel/Stokkel Terminus

Crainhem (

The station was inaugurated in 1988 with the extension of the eastern branch of line 1B from

Originally, the station was just called Kraainem, using only Dutch spelling, as it was technically named after the Avenue de Kraainem/Kraainemlaan (a road using Dutch spelling for both its Dutch and French names), not after the nearby Flemish municipality of Kraainem. However, French speakers in the Brussels community quickly protested against what they regarded as a violation of bilingual language facilities and insisted that the French form Crainhem be added to the name of the station. Thus the station is today usually held to be named after the municipality of Kraainem, even though it is not actually located on its territory, but partly under the Brussels-Woluwe campus of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain).

External links

• Media related to Kraainem/Crainhem metro station at Wikimedia Commons