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The station is the fifth in a series of six in the network to have been given a name of a woman, after Barbès-Rochechouart (lines 2 and 4), Madeleine (lines 8, 12 and 14), Chardon-Lagache (line 10) and Boucicaut (line 8); followed by the Pierre-et-Marie Curie station (line 7), [3] and pending the future stations Barbara (line 4) and Bagneux ...
The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot. It was the eastern terminus of the line until the extension of the line to Mairie de Montreuil on 14 October 1937. An interchange with Paris tramway Line 3b opened on 15 December 2012.
The station was built between 1854 and 1855 by the Grande Compagnie de Luxembourg, as part of the Brussels-Luxembourg railway line it was constructing. [1] It was to service the new Leopold Quarter, hence its original name of Leopold Quarter railway station (French: Gare du Quartier Léopold, Dutch: Station Leopoldswijk).
Brussels-Central railway station (French: Gare de Bruxelles-Central; Dutch: Station Brussel-Centraal) [a] is a railway and metro station in central Brussels, Belgium. It is the second busiest railway station in Belgium [ 1 ] and one of three principal railway stations in Brussels, together with Brussels-South and Brussels-North .
The Bread House (Marché au pain) lies along the Causeway (Steenwegh) near St. Nicholas' Church and the Town Hall (Hôtel de Ville). [21] In the 10th century, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, constructed a fort on Saint-Géry Island, the furthest inland point at which the river Senne was still navigable. The installation of a fort at this point ...
In 2020, the station was used by 2,198,392 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the 194th busiest of the Métro network out of 108 stations. [3] In 2021, the station was used by 3,079,569 passengers, making it the 102nd busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations. [4]
The station opened 20 January 1912 with the inauguration of the second branch of Line B of the Nord-Sud Company from La Fourche to Porte de Clichy. On 27 March 1931, line B became line 13 following the absorption of the Nord-Sud Company on 1 January 1930 by its competitor, the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (known as the CMP).
The station was opened on 14 October 1937 with the extension of the line from Porte de Montreuil to Mairie de Montreuil.. In 2019, the station was used by 4,954,717 passengers, making it the 85th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.