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Rapid Transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), also known as heavy rail or metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport generally found in urban areas. A rapid transit system that primarily or traditionally runs below the surface may be c ...
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Brussels Metro
The Brussels Metro (french: Métro de Bruxelles, nl, Brusselse metro) is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of four conventional metro lines and three ''premetro'' lines. The me ...
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Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
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Érasmus
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Herrmann-Debroux
Herrmann-Debroux is a Brussels Metro station located in the municipality of Auderghem, serving as the eastern terminus of line 5. The station was opened in 1985. It is named after the Belgian politician and former Mayor of Auderghem, Carl Herr ...
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Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (french: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or ; nl, Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or ) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is u ...
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Third rail
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)
Line 5 on the
Brussels Metro
The Brussels Metro (french: Métro de Bruxelles, nl, Brusselse metro) is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of four conventional metro lines and three ''premetro'' lines. The me ...
is a
rapid transit
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line operated by
STIB/MIVB
The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (french: Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles or ; nl, Maatschappij voor het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Brussel or ) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is u ...
, which connects
Herrmann-Debroux
Herrmann-Debroux is a Brussels Metro station located in the municipality of Auderghem, serving as the eastern terminus of line 5. The station was opened in 1985. It is named after the Belgian politician and former Mayor of Auderghem, Carl Herr ...
at the south-east of
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
,
Belgium
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to
Erasme/Erasmus at the south-west via the city center. It exists in its current form since April 4, 2009, when the section of former line 1A between
Beekkant
Beekkant is a Brussels Metro station located in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. It opened on 8 May 1981 as part of the Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne–Beekkant extension of former line 1, ...
and
King Baudouin
Baudouin (;, ; nl, Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria Gustaaf, ; german: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Maria Gustav. 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993), Dutch name Boudewijn, was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his dea ...
was replaced by the section of former line 1B between Beekkant and Erasme. Starting from Herrmann-Debroux, the line crosses the municipalities of
Auderghem
Auderghem (former Dutch spelling, now used in French; pronounced ) or Oudergem () is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region (Belgium).
Located to the southeast of the region, along the Woluwe valley and at the entrance to t ...
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Etterbeek
Etterbeek (French: ; Dutch: ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by the municipalities of Auderghem, the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Schaerbeek, Wolu ...
,
City of Brussels
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,
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
( French, ) or (Dutch, ), often simply called Molenbeek, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, from which it is separated ...
,
Koekelberg
Koekelberg (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-western part of the region, it is bordered by Berchem-Sainte-Agathe, Ganshoren, Jette and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean. In common with all ...
and
Anderlecht
Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...
. It serves 28 metro stations and has a common section with
line 1 between
Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation and
Mérode station, and with lines
2 and
6 between West station and Beekkant. At
Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet the line also connects with lines 2 and 6. Railway connections are possible at
Brussels-Central railway station,
Schuman station
Brussels-Schuman railway station (french: Gare de Bruxelles-Schuman, nl, Station Brussel-Schuman), officially Brussels-Schuman (french: Bruxelles-Schuman, link=no, nl, Brussel-Schuman, link=no), is a railway station in the City of Brussels, ...
, Mérode and West station.
The first section of this line was built in the late 1960s between Schuman station and
De Brouckère, but was served by
tram
A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...
s. The first metro was brought into service on September 20, 1976, and the existing underground section was extended up to
Tomberg on line 1B, and up to
Beaulieu on line 1A.
The line 1A was further expanded to the east, to
Demey in 1977 and to Herrmann-Debroux in 1985. The line was expanded to the west, to
Saint Catherine in 1977, to Beekkant in 1981, to
Bockstael in 1982, to
Heysel/Heizel in 1985 and to King Baudouin in 1998.
References
External links
STIB/MIVB official websiteBrussels metro and tram network with dates of entry into service of individual sections
{{Urban rail transport in Brussels
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Anderlecht
Auderghem
City of Brussels
Etterbeek
Koekelberg
Molenbeek-Saint-Jean