Étangs Noirs metro station
Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers metro station | ||||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||||
| Location | Place des Étangs Noirs / Zwarte Vijversplein 1081 Koekelberg, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°51′25″N 4°19′57″E / 50.85694°N 4.33250°E | |||||||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 8 May 1981 | |||||||||||||||
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Étangs Noirs (French, pronounced [etɑ̃ nwaʁ]) or Zwarte Vijvers (Dutch, pronounced [ˈzʋɑrtə ˈvɛivərs]) is a Brussels Metro station on lines 1 and 5. It is located at the border between the municipalities of Koekelberg and Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. The station's name translates into English as "Black Ponds".
The metro station opened on 8 May 1981 as part of the Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne–Beekkant extension of former east–west line 1 (further split in 1982 into former lines 1A and 1B). Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it now lies on the joint section of east–west lines 1 and 5.