Sainte-Catherine metro station

Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne metro station
General information
Location	Place Sainte-Catherine / Sint-Katelijneplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°51′08″N 4°20′52″E / 50.85222°N 4.34778°E / 50.85222; 4.34778
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	13 April 1977; 47 years ago (1977-04-13)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Line 1 De Brouckère towards Stockel/Stokkel Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen towards Erasme/Erasmus Line 5 De Brouckère towards Herrmann-Debroux

Sainte-Catherine (French) or Sint-Katelijne (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on lines 1 and 5. It is located under the Place Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijneplein, between the Quai aux Briques/Baksteenkaai and the Quai au Bois à Brûler/Brandhoutkaai, in the City of Brussels, Belgium. The station received its name from the aboveground Saint Catherine's Church, itself named after Saint Catherine.

The metro station opened on 13 April 1977, one year after Brussels' first metro line (former east–west line 1) was converted from premetro (underground tram) to heavy metro. Prior to the opening of an extension to Beekkant on 8 May 1981, the station was the western terminus of the metro. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of east–west lines 1 and 5.^[1][2]