Meir premetro station

Meir
Location	Belgium
Coordinates	51°13′06.114″N 04°24′20.874″E / 51.21836500°N 4.40579833°E / 51.21836500; 4.40579833
Operated by	De Lijn
Construction
Structure type	underground
Platform levels	2
History
Opened	25 March 1975 (1975-03-25)
Services
Preceding station   De Lijn   Following station Groenplaats toward Zwijndrecht P+R Tram route 3 Opera toward Merksem Fortsesteenweg P+R Groenplaats toward Linkeroever P+R Tram route 5 Opera toward Wijnegem Fortveld P+R Groenplaats toward Linkeroever P+R Tram route 9 Opera toward Eksterlaar Groenplaats toward Linkeroever P+R Tram route 15 Opera toward Boechout P+R
Location
Meir Location within the Antwerp premetro network

Meir is a station in the Antwerp premetro which opened on 23 March 1975. The station is located directly underneath the street Meir, after which it is named.

With Groenplaats and Opera, Meir forms the oldest part of the city's premetro network. It is served by tramlines 3, 5, 9 and 15.^[1] Tram line 7 passes in close proximity at street level.^[2]

Location

The station is located in central Antwerp at the western end of the Meir street. In its immediate vicinity is the Boerentoren, a 1930s art deco building which at the time of its construction was Europe's first skyscraper.^[3]

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