Alma metro station

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General information
LocationPlace de l'Alma, UCLouvain Bruxelles Woluwe, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Belgium
Coordinates 50°50′59″N4°27′12″E / 50.84972°N 4.45333°E / 50.84972; 4.45333
Owned by STIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
History
Opened7 May 1982
Services
Preceding station Brussels metro icon.svg Brussels Metro Following station
Vandervelde Line 1 Kraainem/Crainhem

Alma is a Brussels Metro station on line 1. [1] It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, in the eastern part of Brussels, Belgium, serving the Brussels-Woluwe campus of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain), and was opened on 7 May 1982. Designed by Lucien Kroll as a total artwork, it takes its name from its location on the Place de l'Alma/Almaplein, the university campus' main square.

The original eastern terminus of the former line 1B was at Tomberg, prior to the opening of the extension to Alma. Alma station then served as the terminus until 1988, when the line was further extended to Stockel/Stokkel.

Station entrance on the Place de l'Alma
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Station entrance on the Place de l'Alma/Almaplein

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