Belgica metro station

Metro station in Brussels, Belgium

Preceding station	Brussels Metro			Following station
Simonis towards Elisabeth		Line 6		Pannenhuis towards King Baudouin

Belgica is a Brussels Metro station on the northern branch of line 6. It is located in the municipality of Jette, in the north-west of Brussels, Belgium. The station received its name from the aboveground Boulevard Belgica/Belgicalaan, itself named in honour of RV Belgica, the ship that carried the first Belgian polar expedition to the Antarctic in 1897.^[1]

The metro station opened on 6 October 1982 as part of the Beekkant–Bockstael extension of former line 1A. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by line 6.^[2]

In May 2024, Brussels Mobility and the Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company (STIB/MIVB) applied for a permit to build a new tram line connecting Belgica with Brussels-North railway station.^[3]

References

^ "Arrêtez-vous dans ces cinq stations de métro 'instagrammables' de Bruxelles". RTBF (in French). Retrieved 11 August 2024.
^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
^ Chini, Maïthé (15 May 2024). "Brussels to build new tram line between Belgica and North station". The Brussels Times. Retrieved 30 June 2024.