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Bockstael metro station
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| Location | Place Émile Bockstael / Émile Bockstaelplein B-1020 Laeken, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°52′39″N 4°20′51″E / 50.87750°N 4.34750°E / 50.87750; 4.34750 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 6 October 1982; 41 years ago (1982-10-06) | ||||||||||
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Bockstael is a Brussels Metro stationonline 6. It opened on 6 October 1982 and is named after the Place Émile Bockstael/Émile BockstaelpleininLaeken, in the north-west of the City of Brussels, Belgium, where it is located. Prior to the opening of the extension to Heizel/Heysel metro station in 1985, the station was the western terminus of former line 1A (now line 6).
The station allows transfer to and from suburban railway line 50toAalst and Dendermonde via Belgian Rail. A two track railway station with side platforms is integrated into the subway complex and replaced Laeken's old railway station, located about 200 metres (660 feet) eastwards.
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