Thieffry metro station
Encyclopedia
The Thieffry 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
. It was formerly on line 1A until April 2009. The station was opened in 1976 and is named after the Belgian
aviator
Edmond Thieffry
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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....
. It was formerly on line 1A until April 2009. The station was opened in 1976 and is named after the Belgian
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
aviator
Aviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
Edmond Thieffry
Edmond Thieffry
Edmond Thieffry was a Belgian First World War air ace and aviation pioneer. He made, with Léopold Roger and Jef de Bruycker, the first successful flight between Belgium and Congo ....
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External links
- Station ID - Thieffry, bsubway.net