Brussels Metro line 1

Brussels Metro line 1
Map of line 1 in Brussels
Overview
Native nameFrench: Ligne 1
Dutch: Metrolijn 1
LocaleBrussels
Termini
Connecting lines
Stations21
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBrussels Metro
Operator(s)STIB/MIVB
Depot(s)Delta
Rolling stockBOA M6
History
Opened4 April 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-04)
Technical
Line length12.5 km (7.8 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification900 V DC (third rail)
Line 1
Line 5 to Erasme/Erasmus
Brussels-West
(Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation)
Beekkant
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
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]

  1. ^ "Historique: De 1960 à 1969 (Archive)". STIB (in French). Archived from the original on 25 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ "Historique: De 1970 à 1979 (Archive)". STIB (in French). Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ STIB History Stibstories.be, May 2015. Retrieved April 2017. (French)