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
LocationAvenue de la Porte de Hal / Hallepoortlaan
B-1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′01″N 4°20′36″E
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Connections
  Line 3
  Line 4
Construction
Platform levels2
History
Rebuilt2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station
toward Elisabeth
Line 2
toward Simonis
Line 6

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.

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