It was a difficulty rush hour for the many thousands of people that rely on the Brussels metro to get to work or school on Tuesday morning. After an incident on Monday afternoon a section of metro lines 2 and 6 remained closed. Meanwhile, an intruder on the track closed a section of lines 1 and 5 in the west of the city.
Lines 1 and 5 have since completely reopened. However, services on lines 2 and 6 remain suspended between the Ossegem metro station in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek and the Hallepoort metro station in Sint-Gillis.
This follows an incident on Monday afternoon in which a metro train started to emit smoke. The train was halted between the Clemenceau and Delacroix stations in Anderlecht the passengers were evacuated via Delacroix. The passengers were evacuated via Delacroix station. 5 of them received hospital treatment for smoke inhalation.
Services on lines 2 and 6 are expected to resume in full sometime later today.