Herrmann-Debroux metro station
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Location | Avenue Herrmann-Debroux / Herrmann-Debrouxlaan 1160 Auderghem, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°48′45″N 4°25′41″E / 50.81250°N 4.42806°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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Opened | 23 May 1985 | ||||||||||
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Herrmann-Debroux is a Brussels Metro station serving as the eastern terminus of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Auderghem, in the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium. It is named after the Belgian politician and former Mayor of Auderghem, Carl Herrmann-Debroux.
The metro station opened on 23 May 1985. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by the extended east–west line 5.
Artworks
[edit]Herrmann-Debroux currently hosts three artworks from 1985: a painting named The Fall of Troy by Jan Cox themed after the Iliad, a sculpture named L'Aviateur by Roel D’Haese on the arrival side, and a sculpture named Ode aan een bergrivier by Rik Poot on the departure side.[1]
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Ode aan een bergrivier by Rik Poot (1985)
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L'Aviateur by Roel D'Haese (1985)
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The Fall of Troy by Jan Cox
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ STIB, "Art Dans Le Metro", STIB, 2017-11-28
External links
[edit]- Media related to Herrmann-Debroux, Brussels at Wikimedia Commons
- STIB/MIVB official website