Parc metro station (Brussels)

Parc/Park metro station
Location	Rue Royale / Koningsstraat B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′48″N 4°21′45″E / 50.84667°N 4.36250°E / 50.84667; 4.36250Coordinates: 50°50′48″N 4°21′45″E / 50.84667°N 4.36250°E / 50.84667; 4.36250
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
History
Opened	17 December 1969; 51 years ago (1969-12-17) (premetro) 20 September 1976; 44 years ago (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station Brussels-Central towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Line 1 Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet towards Stockel/Stokkel Brussels-Central towards Erasme/Erasmus Line 5 Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet towards Herrmann-Debroux

Parc (French) or Park (Dutch) is a Brussels metro station located beneath Brussels' Park in central Brussels (Belgium). It has one entrance, at the intersection of Rue Royale/Koningsstraat and Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat, two of the main roads of the City of Brussels.

The station opened on 17 December 1969, as a premetro (underground tram) station on the tram line between De Brouckère and Schuman, and became a heavy metro station on 20 September 1976, serving former lines 1A and 1B. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1 and 5, which cross Brussels from east to west.

Several places of interest other than the park itself lie near this station: the Royal Palace, the Belgian House of Parliament (Palace of the Nation), the office of the Prime Minister of Belgium, the Royal Park Theatre, and the United States' embassy.

History[]

When the station was first built, there was a plan to eventually construct a connecting line along the route of Rue Royale/Koningsstraat. To provide for this line, a much larger underground space was excavated than necessary for a simple station. The Rue Royale line was quickly cancelled, and the underground chambers intended for it now house the Brussels metro's traffic control centre.

The tunnel between Parc/Park and Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet stations was the first section of the Brussels metro system to be built using a tunnelling shield. This was done as a test; most parts of the Brussels metro having been built using open construction methods.

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Media related to Park/Parc metro station at Wikimedia Commons

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