Waterloo (Charleroi Metro)
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Waterloo is a Charleroi Metro station, located at the northern end of Charleroi
downtown, in fare zone 1.
The station has 3 street entrances (two on each side of the Jules Hénin Avenue, one on the Jules Hiérnaux Square), leading to the lowest level. Platforms are located on the upper level and are accessible through escalators and stairs.
The station has one lateral platform which is currently not used (and not connected to any tram tracks). Trams of lines 54, 55 and 88 all use the central platform. Waterloo is also the starting point of the built but unused Centenaire line.
Trams of line 55 enter and exit the station in the same direction, requiring a U-turn which is executed using a loop track located north of the station. Starting from the middle of the loop is a short track section running to the North and surfacing north of the Jules Hiérnaux Square, which would have been the starting point of pre-metro lines to Lodelinsart
and Gosselies
on one side, and Ransart
and Heppignies on the other side.
On the initial project plan for the Charleroi Pre-metro, the Waterloo station was called Nord (French for North).
Charleroi
Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...
downtown, in fare zone 1.
The station has 3 street entrances (two on each side of the Jules Hénin Avenue, one on the Jules Hiérnaux Square), leading to the lowest level. Platforms are located on the upper level and are accessible through escalators and stairs.
The station has one lateral platform which is currently not used (and not connected to any tram tracks). Trams of lines 54, 55 and 88 all use the central platform. Waterloo is also the starting point of the built but unused Centenaire line.
Trams of line 55 enter and exit the station in the same direction, requiring a U-turn which is executed using a loop track located north of the station. Starting from the middle of the loop is a short track section running to the North and surfacing north of the Jules Hiérnaux Square, which would have been the starting point of pre-metro lines to Lodelinsart
Lodelinsart
Lodelinsart is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut. It was a commune of its own before the merger of the communes in 1977....
and Gosselies
Gosselies
Gosselies is a section of the Belgian town of Charleroi within the Walloon region in the Province of Hainaut. It was a commune of its own before the merger of the communes in 1977. Gosselies is the home for the headquarters of Caterpillar Belgium, and Solar Turbines Europe....
on one side, and Ransart
Ransart
Ransart is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Ransart is situated southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D7 and D3 roads.-Population:-Places of interest:...
and Heppignies on the other side.
On the initial project plan for the Charleroi Pre-metro, the Waterloo station was called Nord (French for North).
Nearby points of interest
- In the middle of the nearby Jules Hiérnaux Square is a MarsupilamiMarsupilamiMarsupilami is a fictional comic book species created by André Franquin, first published on 31 January 1952 in the magazine Spirou. Since then it appeared regularly in the popular Belgian comic book series Spirou et Fantasio until Franquin stopped working on the series in 1968 and the character...
statue which is a well-known Charleroi landmark.
- Notre-Dame (Our Lady) hospital.
- Université du Travail high school.