Brussels Metro line 1

Brussels Metro line 1
Map of line 1 in Brussels
Overview
Native name	French: Ligne 1 Dutch: Metrolijn 1
Locale	Brussels
Termini	Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Stokkel/Stockel
Connecting lines
Stations	21
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Brussels Metro
Operator(s)	STIB/MIVB
Depot(s)	Delta
Rolling stock	BOA M6
History
Opened	4 April 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-04)
Technical
Line length	12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	900 V DC (third rail)

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Legend
Line 5 to Erasme/Erasmus Line 2 & Line 6 to Elisabeth Brussels-West (Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation) Beekkant Line 2 & Line 6 to Simonis Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers Comte de Flandre/ Graaf van Vlaanderen Brussels-Charleroi Canal Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne De Brouckère 34 Brussels Central (Gare Centrale/Centraal Station) Parc/Park Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Maelbeek/Maalbeek Schuman Merode Line 5 to Herrmann-Debroux Montgomery Joséphine-Charlotte Gribaumont Tomberg Roodebeek Vandervelde Alma Kraainem/Crainhem Stockel/Stokkel
Key
metro lines premetro lines SNCB lines

Line 1 is a rapid transit line on the Brussels Metro in Belgium operated by STIB/MIVB. It has existed in its current form since 4 April 2009, when former line 1B, which ran between Stockel/Stokkel and Erasme/Erasmus, was shortened to Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation. The section between Gare de l'Ouest and Erasme is now served by line 5. The line serves 21 metro stations, and has a common section with line 5 between Gare de l'Ouest and Merode, and with lines 2 and 6 between Gare de l'Ouest and Beekkant. At Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet, the line also connects with lines 2 and 6. Railway connections are possible at Brussels-Central, Brussels-Schuman, Merode and Brussels-West. The line crosses the municipalities of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Koekelberg, City of Brussels, Etterbeek, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert.

The first section of this line was built in the late 1960s between Schuman and De Brouckère, but was served by trams.^[1] The first metro was brought into service on 20 September 1976, and the existing underground section was extended up to Tomberg on former line 1B, and up to Beaulieu on former line 1A.^[2] Line 1B was later expanded westwards, to Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne in 1977, to Beekkant in 1981, to Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido in 1982, to Veeweyde/Veeweide in 1985, to Bizet in 1992 and finally to Erasme in 2003. The line was also expanded eastwards, to Alma in 1982 and to Stockel in 1988.^[3]