Pétillon metro station
Encyclopedia
The Pétillon Metro Station is one of the Brussels metro
stations on the eastern branch of line 5. The metro station is located in the municipality of Etterbeek
. The station was opened in 1976 and is named after Major Pétillon, a Belgian colonial pioneer who died in Etterbeek in 1909 http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Etterbeek.Rue_Major_Petillon.html. The station underwent an 18 month, 6.3 million euro
renovation ending in April 2008.
The station is also visited by tram lines 7
and 25.
Brussels Metro
The Brussels Metro is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of a network with four metro line services with some shared sections. The metro has 49.9 km of network and 59 stations...
stations on the eastern branch of line 5. The metro station is located in the municipality of Etterbeek
Etterbeek
Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....
. The station was opened in 1976 and is named after Major Pétillon, a Belgian colonial pioneer who died in Etterbeek in 1909 http://www.irismonument.be/fr.Etterbeek.Rue_Major_Petillon.html. The station underwent an 18 month, 6.3 million euro
Euro
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renovation ending in April 2008.
The station is also visited by tram lines 7
Brussels tram route 7
The Brussels premetro- and tramline 7 connects the stop Vanderkindere in Uccle with the stop Heizel/Heysel in Laeken, where connecting services of tram 51, metro 6, bus 84 and bus 88 depart...
and 25.
External links
- Station ID - Pétillon, bsubway.net