Madou metro station
Metro station in Brussels, Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madou is a Brussels Metro station on the northern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road) at the Place Madou/Madouplein, near the Flemish Parliament and Madou Plaza Tower, in the municipality of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, north of the City of Brussels, Belgium.
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Location | Place Madou / Madouplein B-1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°50′59″N 4°22′08″E | ||||||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||
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Opened | 20 December 1970; 53 years ago (1970-12-20) (premetro) 2 October 1988; 35 years ago (1988-10-02) (metro) | ||||||||||||||
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The station opened on 20 December 1970, then serving as a premetro (underground tram) station, and became a heavy metro station when this line was converted on 2 October 1988. It is named after the painter and lithographer Jean-Baptiste Madou.