Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station

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Maalbeek/Maelbeek is a metro station in the City of Brussels. It was inaugurated on December 17, 1969 as a premetro station (i.e., with tramways instead of metros), part of the first underground public transport route in Belgium, then going from De Brouckère to Schuman. In 1976, this premetro line was converted into a heavy metro line that was later split into two distinct lines in 1982: lines 1A and 1B, both of which serve Maelbeek/Maalbeek.

The station is located under the "Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat" and one of its exit leads to this well-known street. Another exit leads to the "Chaussée d'Etterbeek/Etterbeekse steenweg", under the bridge used by trains running between Luxembourg and Schuman railway stations. A trap leads from this exit to the Schuman railway station.

The name of the station originates from a stream named Maelbeek.

Brussels metro, Line 1A

Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn | Heysel/Heizel | Houba-Brugmann | Stuyvenbergh | Bockstael | Pannenhuis | Belgica | Simonis | Osseghem/Ossegem | Beekkant | Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers | Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen | Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne | De Brouckère | Gare Centrale/Centraal Station | Parc/Park | Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet | Maelbeek/Maalbeek | Schuman | Mérode | Thieffry | Pétillon | Hankar | Delta | Beaulieu | Demey | Herrmann-Debroux   edit

Brussels metro, Line 1B

Erasme/Erasmus | Eddy Merckx | CERIA/COOVI | La Roue/Het Rad | Bizet | Veeweyde/Veeweide | Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido | Aumale | Jacques Brel | Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation | Beekkant | Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers | Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen | Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne | De Brouckère | Gare Centrale/Centraal Station | Parc/Park | Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet | Maelbeek/Maalbeek | Schuman | Mérode | Montgomery | Joséphine-Charlotte | Gribaumont | Tomberg | Roodebeek | Vandervelde | Alma | Crainhem/Kraainem | Stockel/Stokkel   edit