Trône (French, pronounced [tʁon] ) or Troon (Dutch, pronounced [troːn] ) is a Brussels Metro station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the Place du Trône/Troonplein, near the Royal Palace, in the City of Brussels, Belgium.
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Location | Place du Trône / Troonplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°50′28″N 4°21′59″E / 50.84111°N 4.36639°E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 20 December 1970 2 October 1988 (metro) | (premetro)||||||||||||||
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The station opened on 20 December 1970, under the name Luxembourg/Luxemburg, as a premetro (underground tram) station on the tram line between Madou and Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort. It became a heavy metro station when this line was converted on 2 October 1988 and its name was changed on that occasion to reflect the aboveground square. 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]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
edit- Media related to Trône/Troon metro station at Wikimedia Commons
- STIB/MIVB official website