Porte de Namur metro station
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| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 December 1970 (premetro) 2 October 1988 (metro) | ||||||||||||||
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Porte de Namur (French: station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) and next to the Chaussée d'Ixelles/Elsense Steenweg, in the municipality of Ixelles, south of the City of Brussels, Belgium.
The station opened as a premetro (underground tram) station on 20 December 1970 and became a heavy metro station on 2 October 1988. It takes its name from the ancient Namur Gate area, itself named after the Namur Gate in Brussels' old city walls.
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