Rogier () is a
rapid transit station in
Brussels
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, Belgium, consisting of both a
metro
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station (on the northern segment of lines
2 and
6) and a ''
premetro'' (underground tram) station (serving lines
4 and
10 on the
North–South Axis
The North–South Axis is a tram tunnel in Brussels, Belgium, which crosses the city centre from north to south between Brussels-North railway station and Albert premetro station.
The first section of this tunnel was opened on 4 October 1976 be ...
between
Brussels-North railway station
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and
Albert premetro station
Albert (; ) is a '' premetro'' (underground tram) station located on the border between the municipalities of Saint-Gilles and Forest in Brussels, Belgium. The station is at the crossroad between the / on the Greater Ring and the /, between F ...
). It is located under the
Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the
Place Charles Rogier/Karel Rogierplein in the
municipality
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of the
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode ( French, ) or Sint-Joost-ten-Node ( Dutch, ), often simply called Saint-Josse in French or Sint-Joost in Dutch, is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the north-eastern part o ...
, north of the
City of Brussels
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. The station takes its name from that aboveground square, itself named after
Charles Rogier
Charles Latour Rogier (; 17 August 1800 – 27 May 1885) was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He served as the prime minister of Belgium on two occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to ...
,
Belgium's 13th Prime Minister.
The station on the Small Ring opened on 18 August 1974 as a ''premetro'' station, and on 4 October 1976, a second ''premetro'' station on the North–South Axis was opened under the Small Ring station. The first ''premetro'' station became a heavy metro station, serving line 2, when this line under the Small Ring was converted on 2 October 1988. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.
See also
*
Transport in Brussels
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*
History of Brussels
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References
External links
*
STIB/MIVB official website
Brussels Metro stations
Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1974
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