Maelbeek metro station

Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station
General information
Location	Rue de la Loi / Wetstraat B-1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′38″N 4°22′36″E / 50.84389°N 4.37667°E / 50.84389; 4.37667
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	17 December 1969; 54 years ago (1969-12-17) (premetro) 20 September 1976; 47 years ago (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Line 1 Schuman towards Stockel/Stokkel Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet towards Erasme/Erasmus Line 5 Schuman towards Herrmann-Debroux

Maelbeek (French, former Dutch spelling) or Maalbeek (Dutch, pronounced [ˈmaːlbeːk]) is a Brussels Metro station in the City of Brussels, Belgium. Its name originates from the Maalbeek stream.

The station opened as a premetro (underground tram) station on 17 December 1969 and became a full metro station on 20 September 1976. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by lines 1 and 5, which cross Brussels from east to west.