Kraainem metro station

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Crainhem/Kraainem metro station
General information
Location	Avenue de Wezembeek / Wezembeeklaan 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°50′56″N 4°27′31″E / 50.84889°N 4.45861°E / 50.84889; 4.45861
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Below grade
Parking	Park and ride lot
History
Opened	31 August 1988; 36 years ago (1988-08-31)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Alma towards Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Line 1 Stockel/Stokkel Terminus

Crainhem (French, pronounced [kʁajnɛm]) or Kraainem (Dutch, pronounced [ˈkraːinɛm] ^ⓘ) is a Brussels Metro station on the eastern branch of line 1. It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, in the eastern part of Brussels, Belgium. It is located near the intersection of the Avenue de Wezembeek/Wezembeeklaan, the Avenue Mounier/Mounierlaan, and the Avenue de Kraainem/Kraainemlaan. It has a large park-and-ride lot and is also the terminus for a number of inbound regional bus routes of De Lijn, as well as for the STIB/MIVB bus routes 30 and 31.

The metro station opened on 31 August 1988 with the extension of the eastern branch of line 1B from Alma to Stockel/Stokkel. Due to its location in a park-and-ride lot, it is one of the few Brussels Metro stations that has its own station building on the surface (most other stations having only an underground mezzanine). Since 4 April 2009, the station has been served by the eastern branch of line 1 (previously line 1B).