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The new Northern section of line 3, which includes Verboekhoven station, is the most difficult part of the construction project. Completion could take ten years.<ref>https://www.thebulletin.be/stib-reveals-metro-3-line-could-take-10-years-complete</ref> In June 2023, ] asked for help from the Belgian government, following a series of delays and cost overruns.<ref>https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/funding-crisis-hits-brussels-metro-line-3-project/64330.article</ref> {{As of|December 2022}}, construction of the new line was expected to be complete in 2032. The design of Verboekhoven station had to be changed, after complaints from residents.<ref>https://www.bruzz.be/mobiliteit/gezien-toekomstig-metrostation-verboekhoven-2019-01-22</ref> The new Northern section of line 3, which includes Verboekhoven station, is the most difficult part of the construction project. Completion could take ten years.<ref>https://www.thebulletin.be/stib-reveals-metro-3-line-could-take-10-years-complete</ref> In June 2023, ] asked for help from the Belgian government, following a series of delays and cost overruns.<ref>https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/funding-crisis-hits-brussels-metro-line-3-project/64330.article</ref> {{As of|December 2022}}, construction of the new line was expected to be complete in 2032.


The station is a short distance from Verboekhovenplein. Construction requires expropriation of two large buildings.<ref>https://www.bruzz.be/actua/diepe-put-voor-metrostation-verboekhoven-2017-01-25</ref> The station is a short distance from Verboekhovenplein. Construction requires expropriation of two large buildings.<ref>https://www.bruzz.be/actua/diepe-put-voor-metrostation-verboekhoven-2017-01-25</ref>

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Planned Brussels Metro station

Verboekhoven station is a planned Brussels Metro station, on line 3, between Colignon station and Riga.

The design of Verboekhoven station had to be changed, after complaints from residents. The new Northern section of line 3, which includes Verboekhoven station, is the most difficult part of the construction project. Completion could take ten years. In June 2023, Beliris asked for help from the Belgian government, following a series of delays and cost overruns. As of December 2022, construction of the new line was expected to be complete in 2032.

The station is a short distance from Verboekhovenplein. Construction requires expropriation of two large buildings.

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References

  1. https://www.bruzz.be/mobiliteit/gezien-toekomstig-metrostation-verboekhoven-2019-01-22
  2. https://www.thebulletin.be/stib-reveals-metro-3-line-could-take-10-years-complete
  3. https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/funding-crisis-hits-brussels-metro-line-3-project/64330.article
  4. https://www.bruzz.be/actua/diepe-put-voor-metrostation-verboekhoven-2017-01-25
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