Beekkant metro station
Beekkant is a metro station in Brussels, served by lines 1, 2, 5 and 6 of the Brussels Metro. The station is located in the municipality of Sint-Jans-Molenbeek, in the western part of Brussels. It runs parallel to a railway used for freight trains, and from 2010 again, as suburban railway line of the future Brussels RER.
Coordinates | 50°51′13″N 4°19′22″E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Owned by | STIB/MIVB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 1981 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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History
Beekkant station opened on 8 May 1981, and was for a year, until October 1982, the western terminus of the Brussels Metro line 1.
Connections
The station offers the following connections:
- The trains of the line 1 from the east continue their route towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation and Stockel/Stokkel.
- The trains of the line 5 from the east continue their route towards Erasme/Erasmus and Herrmann-Debroux.
- The trains of the line 2 from Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation continue their route towards Simonis.
- The trains of the line 6 from Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation continue their route towards Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn.
- The trains of the lines 2 and 6 towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation continue their route towards Elisabeth/Elizabeth.
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