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Delacroix metro station

Coordinates: 50°50′42″N 4°19′28″E / 50.84500°N 4.32444°E / 50.84500; 4.32444
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Delacroix metro station
General information
LocationRue Léon Delacroix / Léon Delacroixstraat
1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′42″N 4°19′28″E / 50.84500°N 4.32444°E / 50.84500; 4.32444
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened4 September 2006; 18 years ago (2006-09-04)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro. A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Clemenceau
towards Elisabeth
Line 2 Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation
towards Simonis
Line 6 Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation

Delacroix is a Brussels Metro station on lines 2 and 6. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. It is an elevated station, running parallel to the Rue Léon Delacroix/Léon Delacroixstraat, and forming a bridge-viaduct over the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, with entries and exits leading to and from both banks of the canal. The station takes its name from that nearby street, itself named after Léon Delacroix, Belgium's 22nd Prime Minister.

The metro station opened on 4 September 2006 as the southern terminus of line 2. On 4 April 2009, the "loop" of line 2 was completed with the junction between Delacroix and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on that occasion, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.[1][2]

Elevated station over the canal with entrances at ground level

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References

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  1. ^ "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
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