Hôtel des Monnaies metro station explained

Style:Brussels Metro
Address:French: Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies|italic=no / Dutch; Flemish: Munthofstraat|italic=no
1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Structure:Underground
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Owned:STIB/MIVB

French: Hôtel des Monnaies|italic=no (French) or Dutch; Flemish: Munthof|italic=no (Dutch) 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), near Saint Peter's Hospital, in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels, Belgium. One of its entrances is on the French: Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies|italic=no/Dutch; Flemish: Munthofstraat|italic=no, after which it is named, and where Belgian currency used to be minted.

The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 as part of the Louise/LouizaGare du Midi/Zuidstation extension of line 2 from Simonis. Line 2 has since been extended beyond Gare du Midi to Clemenceau in 1993, Delacroix in 2006, and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation in 2009. 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] During the construction, work on the metro tunnels ran up against the foundations of Brussels' old city walls, which ran beneath ground level. These walls now form part of the station.

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  1. Web site: Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be . 2024-08-06 . www.stib-mivb.be.
  2. Web site: Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be . 2024-08-06 . www.stib-mivb.be.