Sainte-Catherine (
French) or Sint-Katelijne (
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
) is a
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 ...
station. It is located at the /, between the / and the /, in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the
City of Brussels, Belgium. It is also situated near
Saint Catherine's Church, which gives the station its name.
The station was inaugurated on 13 April 1977, when Brussels' first metro line (line 1) was converted from ''
premetro
A premetro is a tramway or light railway which includes segments built to rapid transit standards, generally as part of a process of conversion to a metro-standards railway usually by the construction of tunnels in the central city area.
Hist ...
'' (underground tram) to heavy
metro
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Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urb ...
. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines
1 and
5, which use the same tracks at this point.
History
The station was opened on 13 April 1977, a short extension of line 1 from the neighbouring
De Brouckère station. Until 8 May 1981 (with the opening of the extension to
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, ...
), the station was the western terminus of the metro.
The station is unique in Brussels for being located in the reclaimed and covered space of an old harbor
dock, part of the original the
Port of Brussels
The Port of Brussels (french: Port de Bruxelles, nl, Haven van Brussel) is an inland port at a distance of 120 km from the sea. It is accessible for ships up to 4,500 tonnes and push towing convoys up to 9,000 tonnes. Via the Brussels–Scheld ...
. Because of this, the metro tunnel runs very shallowly at this point, making the station one of the few in Brussels that lack an underground mezzanine. Entrances and exits from the station lead up into the middle of the Place Sainte-Catherine.
In late 2006 and in 2007, the station underwent a thorough renovation, giving it a more modern look both under and above ground.
References
External links
*
Brussels metro stations located underground
Railway stations opened in 1969
City of Brussels
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