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(Redirected from Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof metro station) Metro station in Brussels, Belgium


Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof metro station
General information
LocationRue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies / Munthofstraat
1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′0″N 4°20′58″E / 50.83333°N 4.34944°E / 50.83333; 4.34944
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened2 October 1988; 36 years ago (1988-10-02)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro. A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Louise/Louizatowards Elisabeth Line 2 Porte de Hal/Hallepoorttowards Simonis
Porte de Hal/Hallepoorttowards Elisabeth Line 6 Louise/Louizatowards King Baudouin

Hôtel des Monnaies (French, pronounced [otɛl de mɔnɛ]) or Munthof (Dutch, pronounced [ˈmʏntɦɔf]) is a Brussels Metro station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road), near Saint Peter's Hospital, in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels, Belgium. One of its entrances is on the Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthofstraat, after which it is named, and where Belgian currency used to be minted.

The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 as part of the Louise/Louiza–Gare du Midi/Zuidstation extension of line 2 from Simonis. Line 2 has since been extended beyond Gare du Midi to Clemenceau in 1993, Delacroix in 2006, and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation in 2009. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6. During the construction, work on the metro tunnels ran up against the foundations of Brussels' old city walls, which ran 10 metres (33 ft) beneath ground level. These walls now form part of the station.

Old walls preserved in the station

See also

References

  1. "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.

External links

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