Porte de Namur metro station
Porte de Namur (French) or Naamsepoort (Dutch) is a Brussels metro station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the small ring and next to Chaussée d'Ixelles/Elsense Steenweg, in the municipality of Ixelles, south of the City of Brussels (Belgium).
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Location | Square du Bastion / Bolwerksquare B-1050 Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°50′18″N 4°21′44″E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 20 December 1970 (premetro) 2 October 1988 (metro) | ||||||||||||||
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The station opened as a premetro (underground tram) station on 20 December 1970 and became a heavy metro station on 2 October 1988. It takes its name from the ancient Namur Gate area, itself named after the Namur Gate in Brussels' old city walls.
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Entrance to the station
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