Osseghem metro station


Osseghem/Ossegem metro station
General information
LocationChaussée de Gand / Gentse Steenweg
1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°51′25″N 4°19′30″E / 50.85694°N 4.32500°E / 50.85694; 4.32500
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened6 October 1982; 42 years ago (1982-10-06)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro. A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Beekkant
towards Elisabeth
 Line 2 Simonis
Terminus
Line 6 Simonis
towards King Baudouin

Osseghem (French, pronounced [ɔsəɡɛm]; former Dutch spelling) or Ossegem (modern Dutch, pronounced [ˈɔsəɣɛm]) is a Brussels Metro station on lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Chaussée de Gand/Gentse Steenweg in the municipality of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. The station takes its name from the nearby Osseghem/Ossegem neighbourhood.[a]

The metro station opened on 6 October 1982 as part of the Beekkant–Bockstael extension of former line 1A. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6.[2][3]

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Footnotes

  1. ^ The name is of Germanic (Frankish) origin[1] and is composed of Odso + -inga + heim, meaning "residence/domain of the family of Odso".

Citations

  1. ^ Coordination Senne asbl. "Informations sur les sources bruxelloises". www.coordinationsenne.be. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Line 2 direction SIMONIS - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Line 6 direction ROI BAUDOUIN - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.


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