Elisabeth premetro station is a premetro station in Antwerp, Belgium. Located under the intersection of the Sint-Elisabethstraat with the Greinstraat and the Delinstraat, it is served by lines 2, 3, 5 and 6.
Elisabeth premetro station has only one entrance that leads to level -1. The ticket hall is on level -1, while on level -2 are both platforms, each 60 meters, in front of each other.
In 1996 only line 3 served this premetro station. Line 5 was added in 2006; line 6, in 2007; and line 2, in 2012.
This navigation only covers the premetro sections of the mentioned tram lines. Tram lines 1, 4, 7, 11, 12 and 24 do not call at premetro stops and are therefore excluded from this overview.
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