Sart-Culpart (Charleroi Metro)

Sart-Culpart
Station statistics
Platforms 2 lateral
Tracks 2
Parking No
Other information
Opened Spring 2012

Sart-Culpart is a Charleroi Metro station located in Gilly, Belgium (part of the Charleroi municipality), scheduled to open in the spring of 2012[1] as part of the Soleilmont extension of the Gilly branch of the Charleroi Pre-metro. The station is built at ground level and features a two lateral platforms.

The station is located in TEC Charleroi fare zone 2.

The original Sart-Culpart station structure was built in the 1980s as an underground station slightly to the West of the current location, but has never been put into service since then.[2] The unfinished station has been vandalized through the years and it has been decided to rebuild it in the more urbanized and secure current location, as part of the 2009-2011 extension of the Gilly branch of the network.[3]

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Nearby points of interest

The station is located in a residential area of Gilly (the Sart-Culpart neighbourhood).

Transfers

There are no direct train or bus transfers at the station.

Gilly-Sart-Culpart railway station

Gilly-Sart-Culpart railway station was a former station (1879–1953) on the now dismantled Belgian railway line 119 linking Châtelet to Luttre. It was located 700-metre (2,300 ft) northwest of the current pre-metro station.

See also

References

  1. ^ Report de la mise en service de la Boucle Centrale et de l'antenne de Gilly-Soleilmont, Official TEC Charleroi statement, 31 October 2011.
  2. ^ Le chantier carolo du siècle, page 9 : La renaissance de l'antenne gillicienne, La nouvelle gazette, 15 September 2009.
  3. ^ Station de Sart Culpart, TEC Charleroi, 2008.
Line 54
Sud • Villette • Ouest • Beaux-Arts • Waterloo • Samaritaine • Gazomètre • Gilly
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Parc • Janson • Waterloo • Samaritaine • Gazomètre • Gilly
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Line 89
Sud • Villette • Ouest • Beaux-Arts • Piges • Dampremy • Providence • De Cartier • Moulin • Morgnies • Leernes • Paradis • Fontaine • Pétria • Coron du berger • Surchiste • Route de Thuin • Jonction • Route de la station • Monument
Future
Gilly branch extension : Marabout • Sart-Culpart • Soleilmont - Downtown loop : Tirou