Yser metro station


Yser/IJzer metro station
General information
LocationPlace de l'Yser / IJzerplein
1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°51′26″N 4°21′6″E / 50.85722°N 4.35167°E / 50.85722; 4.35167
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
Ribaucourt
towards Elisabeth
Line 2 Rogier
towards Simonis
Line 6 Rogier

Yser (French) or IJzer (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on the northern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road), between the Place de l'Yser/IJzerplein and the Porte d'Anvers/Antwerpsepoort, in the City of Brussels, Belgium. The station takes its name from that aboveground square, itself named after the river Yser.

The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 as part of the RogierSimonis extension of line 2, the same year that line was converted from premetro (underground tram) to heavy metro. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.[1][2]

  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.