Plantin premetro station is an
Antwerp premetro The Antwerp Premetro is a network consisting of lines 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 and 15 of the Antwerp Tram system. It is a metre gauge system which runs underground in the city centre and further out on surface lines, which are mostly separated f ...
station. Located under the intersection of ''Simonsstraat'' with the ''Plantin en Moretuslei'', it is served by lines
2,
6,
9 and
15.
Opened in 1980, the station reflects the 'richer' period of the ''MIVA'' - the Antwerp transport company which was later merged into De Lijn - and is decorated in marble. The layout consists of three levels, of which the first (-1) contains a ticket hall and four exits towards street level (corresponding to the intersection under which it lies). Level -2 comprises the platform serving northbound trains to
Diamant
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, whilst Level -3 comprises the southbound platform towards the premetro tunnel exits at the Belgiƫlei, used by routes 2, 6 and 15, and Mercatorstraat, used by route 9.
See also
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Trams in Antwerp
Antwerp Premetro
Railway stations opened in 1980
1980 establishments in Belgium
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