Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Maalbeek/Maelbeek station is a Brussels metro station in the City of Brussels. The name of the station originates from a stream named Maelbeek. It was inaugurated on 17 December 1969 as a premetro station part of the first underground public transport route in Belgium, then going from De Brouckère to Schuman. In 1976, this premetro line was converted into a heavy metro line that was later split into two distinct lines in 1982: lines 1A and 1B, both of which serve Maelbeek/Maalbeek.