Gare Centrale metro station

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Gare Centrale/Centraal Station metro station
General information
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessibleYes
History
Opened17 December 1969; 54 years ago (1969-12-17) (premetro)
20 September 1976; 47 years ago (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro.A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
De Brouckère Line 1 Park
De Brouckère Line 5 Park

Gare Centrale (French) or Centraal Station (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station. It is located five minutes' walk from Brussels-Central railway station, under the Marché au bois/Houtmarkt, in the City of Brussels, Belgium, and can be accessed through a pedestrian tunnel.[1][2]

The station first opened as a premetro (underground tram) station on 17 December 1969 on the tram line between De Brouckère and Schuman. This premetro line was upgraded to full metro status on 20 September 1976. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of metro lines 1 and 5, which cross Brussels from east to west.

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  1. ^ BELGA (17 August 2023). "Le tunnel de la Gare Centrale remis à neuf". La Libre.be (in French). Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  2. ^ Ienco, Grégory (6 August 2021). "La rénovation de la station de métro de la gare centrale finalement prévue en 2022". BX1 (in French). Retrieved 17 August 2023.

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Media related to Brussels Central station (Metro) at Wikimedia Commons