Delacroix metro station

Delacroix metro station
General information
Location	Rue Léon Delacroix / Léon Delacroixstraat 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′42″N 4°19′28″E
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	Island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	4 September 2006 (2006-09-04)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Clemenceau towards Elisabeth Line 2 Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation towards Simonis Line 6 Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation towards King Baudouin

Delacroix (French pronunciation: [dəlakʁwa]) is a Brussels Metro station on lines 2 and 6. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. It is an elevated station, running parallel to the Rue Léon Delacroix/Léon Delacroixstraat, and forming a bridge-viaduct over the Brussels–Charleroi Canal, with entries and exits leading to and from both banks of the canal. The station takes its name from that nearby street, itself named after Léon Delacroix, Belgium's 22nd Prime Minister.

The metro station opened on 4 September 2006 as the southern terminus of line 2. On 4 April 2009, the "loop" of line 2 was completed with the junction between Delacroix and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on that occasion, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.

Elevated station over the canal with entrances at ground level

See also

• Transport in Brussels
• History of Brussels

External links

• Media related to Delacroix metro station, Brussels at Wikimedia Commons
• STIB/MIVB official website