Brussels Metro line 2

Line 2 on the Brussels Metro is a rapid transit line in Brussels, Belgium operated by STIB/MIVB. It exists in its current form since April 4, 2009, when the section between Delacroix metro station and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation was opened, which allowed to close the loop from and to Simonis/Elisabeth. The configuration of the Simonis/Elisabeth metro station though does not allow trains on the line 2 to be able to perform the loop several consecutive times in the same direction, i.e. a train running clockwise from Elisabeth will have to run counterclockwise from Simonis. The two termini of line 2 have thus received different names: originally Simonis (Elisabeth) and Simonis (Leopold II), changed in November 2013 to Elisabeth and Simonis. Between the Yser/IJzer metro station and the Porte de Hal/Hallepoort station, the line runs under the small ring road of Brussels, which is itself built on the former Second walls of Brussels.

Brussels Metro line 2
Map of line 2 in Brussels
Overview
Native nameFrench: Ligne 2
Dutch: Metrolijn 2
LocaleBrussels
Termini
Connecting lines
Stations19
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemBrussels Metro
Operator(s)Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company
Depot(s)Jacques Brel
Rolling stockU5
History
Opened2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Last extension4 April 2009 (2009-04-04)
Technical
Line length10.4 km (6.5 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification900 V DC (Third rail)
Line 2
Line 6 to King Baudouin
(Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn)
Simonis│Elisabeth
Ribaucourt
 Sainctelette
Osseghem/Ossegem
Yser/IJzer
 Rogier 34
15 Beekkant
Botanique/Kruidtuin
 Madou
15
Brussels-West
(Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation)
Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet 15
Trône/Troon
Delacroix
Porte de Namur/
Naamsepoort
Clemenceau
Louise/Louiza
34
Brussels-South
(Gare du Midi/Zuidstation)
Hôtel des Monnaies/
Munthof
34 Porte de Hal/Hallepoort
Key
 metro lines
 premetro lines
 SNCB lines

The first stations on the small ring road were opened in 1970 with tramways connecting Rogier station with Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort metro station.[1] The Louise/Louiza metro station was opened in 1985 and the Simonis metro station in 1986 but it is only in 1988 that the actual metro line 2 was first serviced with metros.[2] The following stations also opened that year: Ribaucourt, Yser/IJzer, Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof metro station, Porte de Hal/Hallepoort and Brussels-South railway station. The existing stations were converted in order to be serviced by metros. In 1993 the line was expanded to the Clemenceau metro station, and then to Delacroix in 2006. The route of line 2 is also currently served by line 6, which then continues from Simonis to King Baudouin metro station.

The line crosses the municipalities of Koekelberg, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, City of Brussels, Saint-Gilles and Anderlecht.

References
  1. "Historique: De 1960 à 1969 (Archive)". STIB (in French). Archived from the original on 25 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Historique: De 1980 à 1989 (Archive)". STIB (in French). Archived from the original on 3 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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