Saint Catherine metro station

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Sainte Catherine/Sint Katelijne is a Brussels metro station in the City of Brussels, Brussels. It is located between the "Quai aux Briques/Baksteenkaai" and the "Quai du Bois à Brûler/Brandhoutkaai," near the church of St. Catherine, which gives the station its name. The station was inaugurated when the first Brussels Metro line was converted from "premetro" (operated with trams) to "heavy" metro. It is currently served by lines 1A and 1B, which use the same tracks at this point.

The station is unique in Brussels for being located in the reclaimed and covered space of an old harbor dock. Because of this, the metro tunnel runs very shallow at this point, making the station one of the few in Brussels that lack an underground mezzanine.

Because of the proximity of the foundations of St. Catherine's church and the old city wall, the line immediately to the east of the station has the sharpest curve on the entire Brussels Metro system and is subject to a severe speed restriction.[citation needed]

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 | Kraainem/Crainhem | Stockel/Stokkel   edit
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