Schuman metro station
 Schuman | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′34″N 4°22′54″E / 50.84278°N 4.38167°ECoordinates: 50°50′34″N 4°22′54″E / 50.84278°N 4.38167°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 17 December 1969 | |||||||||||||||
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Schuman is a metro station in the City of Brussels. The metro station opened in 1969 and serves the European quarter of Brussels. It is located under Schuman railway station.
Metro
The Schuman metro station was first opened in 1969 as a "premetro" station (i.e., a station served by underground tramways). The metro then replaced the tramways on 20 September 1976. It is now served by the metro lines 1 and 5.
| Preceding station | NMBS/SNCB | Following station | ||
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| EuroCity | toward Basel SBB |
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| IC 16 | toward Luxembourg |
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From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Brussels National Airport | IC 17 | From Monday to Friday, except holidays toward Dinant |
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On weekends and holidays |
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| IC 18 weekdays | toward Liège-Palais |
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toward Aalst | S 4 weekdays | Terminus |
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toward Mechelen | S 5 weekdays | toward Enghien |
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| S 8 | toward Louvain-la-Neuve-Université |
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toward Leuven | S 9 weekdays | toward Braine-l'Alleud |
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Terminus | S 81 weekdays | toward Ottignies |
A new tunnel was due to open in time for December 2015 between Brussels-Schuman and Meiser, however this has been delayed until April 2016, affecting some of the services above.
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Schuman metro station under renovations, 2011
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Above ground works, winter 2011. Major above ground work not yet begun. Résidence Palace under construction in background.
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Metro platform in Summer 2013: The ceiling of an intermediate platform has been removed and reveals the shape of the new station.
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Looking into the new tunnel Jan 2015. Track has now been laid
Area
This station is in the centre of the European quarter of Brussels, being adjacent to the Berlaymont building (headquarters of the European Commission), the Justus Lipsius building (Council of the European Union) and numerous other EU offices. The station is named after the area around the Schuman roundabout, which was named after Robert Schuman. The station sits on the Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, a major city thoroughfare, and is close to Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark.
References
External links
Media related to Schuman station, Brussels at Wikimedia Commons
- A peek on the future Schuman Station - December 9, 2007 ifrancis blog
