Arts-Loi metro station

Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet metro station
General information
Location	Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′44″N 4°22′07″E
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2 per level
Tracks	2 per level
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
History
Opened	17 December 1969 (1969-12-17) (premetro) 20 September 1976 (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Park towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Line 1 Maelbeek/Maalbeek towards Stockel/Stokkel Madou towards Elisabeth Line 2 Trône/Troon towards Simonis Park towards Erasme/Erasmus Line 5 Maelbeek/Maalbeek towards Herrmann-Debroux Madou towards Elisabeth Line 6 Trône/Troon towards King Baudouin

Arts-Loi (French) or Kunst-Wet (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station. It is located in the City of Brussels, Belgium, under the intersection of the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat and the Avenue des Arts/Kunstlaan, the latter street being part of the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road).

The station's lower level opened on 17 December 1969, although at that time the station served tram rather than railway lines. The first metro train stopped there on 20 September 1976, when the only metro line (line 1) then split into two branches at Merode. The station was extended on 2 October 1988 with the opening of the old line 2 station, located on the upper level. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1, 2, 5 and 6.

Nowadays, the station is mainly used by commuters as there are few tourist sites nearby, although as an important junction between lines, many users of the metro network change trains there.

External links

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