Sainte-Catherine metro station
Metro station in Brussels, Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sainte-Catherine (French) or Sint-Katelijne (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station.[1][2] It is located at the Place Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijneplein, between the Quai aux Briques/Baksteenkaai and the Quai au Bois à Brûler/Brandhoutkaai, in the municipality of the City of Brussels, Belgium. It is also situated near Saint Catherine's Church, which gives the station its name.
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Location | Place Sainte-Catherine / Sint-Katelijneplein B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°51′08″N 4°20′52″E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
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Opened | 13 April 1977; 47 years ago (1977-04-13) | |||||||||||||||
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The station was inaugurated on 13 April 1977, when Brussels' first metro line (line 1) was converted from premetro (underground tram) to heavy metro. 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.