Porte de Hal metro station
![]() Hallepoort/Porte de Hal metro station | |||||||||||||||
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Location | Avenue de la Porte de Hal / Hallepoortlaan 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°50′01″N 4°20′36″E / 50.83361°N 4.34333°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 (metro) 2 (premetro) | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 (metro) 2 (premetro) | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||
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Porte de Hal (French: [pɔʁt də al]) or Hallepoort (Dutch) is a rapid transit station in Brussels, Belgium, consisting of both a metro station (on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6) and a premetro (underground tram) station (serving lines 3 and 4 on the North–South Axis between Brussels-North railway station and Albert premetro station). The station is located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels, under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) and next to the 14th-century Halle Gate, after which it is named. It is one metro stop away or about ten minutes' walk from Brussels-South railway station.
The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 and the premetro station opened on 3 December 1993 (the metro operates one level below the premetro lines). Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 2, 3, 4 and 6.[1][2][3][4]
The station contains several artworks by François Schuiten of metro trains and futuristic cityscapes, including some views of the medieval Halle Gate amongst skyscrapers.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Le_Passage_inconnu_-_Fran%C3%A7ois_Schuiten.jpg/220px-Le_Passage_inconnu_-_Fran%C3%A7ois_Schuiten.jpg)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 3 direction ESPLANADE - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 4 direction GARE DU NORD - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
[edit]Media related to Hallepoort/Porte de Hal metro station at Wikimedia Commons