Rogier metro station

Rogier is a rapid transit station in Brussels, Belgium, consisting of both a metro station (on the northern segment of lines 2 and 6) and a premetro (underground tram) station (serving lines 3 and 4 on the North–South Axis between Brussels-North railway station and Albert premetro station). It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the Place Charles Rogier/Karel Rogierplein in the municipality of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, north of the City of Brussels.

Rogier metro station
General information
LocationCharles Rogier Square
B-1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°51′19.5″N 4°21′30″E
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2 side platforms and 1 island platform (metro)
2 side platforms and 1 island platform (premetro)
Tracks2 (metro)
2 (premetro)
Connections
  Line 3
  Line 4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened18 August 1974 (1974-08-18) (premetro)
2 October 1988 (1988-10-02) (metro)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro.A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Yser/IJzer
towards Elisabeth
Line 2 Botanique/Kruidtuin
towards Simonis
Line 6 Botanique/Kruidtuin

The station opened as a premetro station on 18 August 1974 and became a full metro station on 2 October 1988. It was named after the city square above ground, itself named after Charles Rogier, Belgium's 13th Prime Minister.

Premetro platforms

References

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