Stockel metro station
| Stockel/Stokkel metro station | |||||||||
| General information | |||||||||
| Location | Avenue de Hinnisdael / Hinnisdaellaan 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′29′′N 4°27′52′′E / 50.84139°N 4.46444°E / 50.84139; 4.46444 | ||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||
| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
| Opened | 31 August 1988; 36 years ago (1988年08月31日) | ||||||||
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Stockel (French, former Dutch spelling) or Stokkel (modern Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station serving as the eastern terminus of line 1. It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, in the eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.
The metro station opened on 31 August 1988. Since 4 April 2009, the station has been served by the eastern branch of line 1 (previously line 1B).
Art in the station
[edit ]Murals on the walls across each of the tracks from the single island platform illustrate more than 140 characters from Hergé's comic The Adventures of Tintin . The sketches for the work were made by the artist himself, just before his death. The figures were drawn by Studio Hergé.[1]
Surroundings
[edit ]Next to the metro station, there is a shopping centre named Stockel Square, home to various shops including clothing, jewellery, food, etc. In front of the station, there is also a cinema called Le New Stockel.[citation needed ]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ "Mural Art - Tintin in Stockel Metro station". www.opt.be. Archived from the original on 4 July 2014.
External links
[edit ]- Media related to Stokkel/Stockel metro station at Wikimedia Commons
- STIB/MIVB official website
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