Botanique metro station

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Botanique/Kruidtuin metro station
General information
Location Rue Royale / Koningsstraat
B-1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates 50°51′13″N4°21′57″E / 50.85361°N 4.36583°E / 50.85361; 4.36583
Owned by STIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened18 August 1974;49 years ago (1974-08-18) (premetro)
2 October 1988;35 years ago (1988-10-02) (metro)
Services
Preceding station Brussels metro icon.svg Brussels Metro Following station
Rogier
towards Elisabeth
Line 2 Madou
towards Simonis
Line 6 Madou
towards King Baudouin

Botanique (French) or Kruidtuin (Dutch) 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 Rue Royale/Koningsstraat in the municipality of the Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, north of the City of Brussels, Belgium. It opened as a premetro (underground tram) station on 18 August 1974 and became a full metro station on 2 October 1988.

The National Botanic Garden of Belgium, for which the area and station is named, was moved in the 1930s to the Flemish municipality of Meise, but the name Le Botanique and the building complex located nearby is still used as a concert venue and cultural centre.

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Botanique, the French word for botany, may refer to: