Plantin premetro station is an

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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

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, whilst Level -3 comprises the southbound platform towards the premetro tunnel exits at the Belgiëlei, used by routes 2, 6 and 15, and Mercatorstraat, used by route 9.

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