Botanique (French) or Kruidtuin (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on the northern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the Rue Royale/Koningsstraat in the municipality of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, north of the City of Brussels, Belgium.
![]() Botanique/Kruidtuin metro station | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Rue Royale / Koningsstraat 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°51′13″N 4°21′57″E / 50.85361°N 4.36583°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 18 August 1974 2 October 1988 (metro) | (premetro)||||||||||||||
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The station opened on 18 August 1974 as a premetro (underground tram) station. It became a heavy metro station, serving line 2, when this line was converted on 2 October 1988. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.[1][2]
The National Botanic Garden of Belgium, for which the area and station is named, was moved in the 1930s to the Flemish municipality of Meise, but the name Le Botanique and the building complex located nearby is still used as a concert venue and cultural centre.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
edit- Media related to Kruidtuin/Botanique metro station at Wikimedia Commons
- STIB/MIVB official website