Maelbeek metro station

Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station
General information
Location	Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′38″N 4°22′36″E / 50.84389°N 4.37667°E / 50.84389; 4.37667
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	17 December 1969; 54 years ago (1969-12-17) (premetro) 20 September 1976; 48 years ago (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Line 1 Schuman towards Stockel/Stokkel Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet towards Erasme/Erasmus Line 5 Schuman towards Herrmann-Debroux

Maelbeek (French, pronounced [malbek] ^ⓘ) or Maalbeek (Dutch, pronounced [ˈmaːlbeːk]) is a Brussels Metro station on lines 1 and 5. It is located under the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat in the City of Brussels, Belgium. The station takes its name from the nearby Maalbeek stream.

The station opened on 17 December 1969 as a premetro (underground tram) station on the tram line between De Brouckère and Schuman. This station was upgraded to full metro status on 20 September 1976, serving former east–west line 1 (further split in 1982 into former lines 1A and 1B). 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]