Delta station

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STIB MIVB Metro Delta.jpg
Delta metro station
General information
LocationBoulevard des Invalides / Invalidenlaan
1160 Auderghem, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates 50°49′06″N4°24′15″E / 50.81833°N 4.40417°E / 50.81833; 4.40417
Owned by STIB/MIVB
History
Opened20 September 1976;48 years ago (1976-09-20)
Services
Preceding station Brussels metro icon.svg Brussels Metro Following station
Hankar Line 5 Beaulieu
Preceding station SNCB logo.svg NMBS/SNCB Following station
Merode
towards Mechelen
S 4
weekdays
Etterbeek
towards Aalst
Merode
towards Vilvoorde
S 7
weekdays
Boondael
towards Halle

Delta is a railway and metro station in the municipality of Auderghem, in the south-eastern part of Brussels, Belgium. It is located near the intersection of the Boulevard du Triomphe/Triomflaan and the Boulevard des Invalides/Invalidenlaan and provides access to the adjacent Plaine campus of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and to the Etterbeek campus of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

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The station was inaugurated on 20 September 1976, as part of the first heavy metro segment of the network, located on the branch from Merode to Beaulieu. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by the extended east–west line 5.

Metro station

Delta is notable for being the only station in the Brussels Metro network to be named after a feature of itself rather than after a street name, neighbourhood, or other adjacent location: The name derives from the triangular shape of the maintenance complex as seen from the air, which is reminiscent of the Greek capital letter Delta (Δ).

The station is the site of the primary maintenance facility for all heavy metro rolling stock. Because of this, Delta originates the Brussels Metro's earliest services in the morning and is also the last station where metro trains terminate at night. The maintenance complex also services a large fleet of buses.

Railway station

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Delta train station on a snowy day

The main railway station, located within the same complex, encompasses two platforms and is served by the suburban services the National Railway Company of Belgium (NMBS/SNCB)'s line 26 linking Vilvoorde with Halle via Etterbeek. There is a direct link between the metro and railway tracks within the station, enabling transportation of metro rolling stock by way of the Belgian rail network.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s):

See also

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