Hôtel des Monnaies metro station

Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof metro station
General information
Location	Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies / Munthofstraat 1060 Saint-Gilles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′0″N 4°20′58″E
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Louise/Louiza towards Elisabeth Line 2 Porte de Hal/Hallepoort towards Simonis Porte de Hal/Hallepoort towards Elisabeth Line 6 Louise/Louiza towards King Baudouin

Hôtel des Monnaies (French) or Munthof (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on the southern segment of lines 2 and 6. It is located under the Small Ring (Brussels' inner ring road), near Saint Peter's Hospital, in the municipality of Saint-Gilles, south of the City of Brussels, Belgium. One of its entrances is on the Rue de l'Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthofstraat, after which it is named, and where Belgian currency used to be minted.

The metro station opened on 2 October 1988 as part of the Louise/Louiza–Gare du Midi/Zuidstation extension of line 2 from Simonis. Line 2 has since been extended beyond Gare du Midi to Clemenceau in 1993, Delacroix in 2006, and Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation in 2009. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of lines 2 and 6. During the construction, work on the metro tunnels ran up against the foundations of Brussels' old city walls, which ran 10 metres (33 ft) beneath ground level. These walls now form part of the station.

Old walls preserved in the station

See also

• Transport in Brussels
• History of Brussels

External links

• Media related to Munthof/Hôtel des Monnaies metro station at Wikimedia Commons
• STIB/MIVB official website