Porte de Hal metro station
Porte de Hal (French) or Hallepoort (Dutch) is a double Brussels metro and premetro (underground tram) station; one station on the southern segment of metro lines 2 and 6 and one premetro station on the North–South Axis. The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 and the premetro station opened on 3 December 1993 (the metro operates one level below the premetro lines).
Platforms of line 2 in Hallepoort/Porte de Hal metro station | |||||||||||||||
Location | Avenue de la Porte de Hal / Hallepoortlaan B-1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°50′01″N 4°20′36″E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Rebuilt | 2 October 1988 | ||||||||||||||
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The station is located in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels (Belgium), under the small ring and next to the 14th-century Halle Gate, after which it is named. It is one metro stop away or about 10 minutes' walk from Brussels-South railway station.
The station contains several artworks by François Schuiten of metro trains and futuristic cityscapes, including some views of the medieval Halle Gate amongst skyscrapers.