Tirou (Charleroi Metro)
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| Coordinates | 50°24′22″N 4°26′44″E / 50.40611°N 4.44556°ECoordinates: 50°24′22″N 4°26′44″E / 50.40611°N 4.44556°E | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | Lateral | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 27 February 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tirou is a Charleroi Metro station, located in downtown Charleroi, in fare zone 1. Tirou is an open-air station located at street level (Rue de l'écluse) and offers same-platform bus transfer.
The station's lateral platform are publicly accessible and serve as regular street sidewalks.
The station and the nearby Tirou Boulevard are named after Joseph Tirou (1876-1952), a former Belgian politician and mayor of Charleroi.
Nearby points of interest
- Boulevard Joseph Tirou, the main shopping district in the lower town of Charleroi.
- Institut Notre-Dame school.
- FOREM.
Transfers
TEC Charleroi bus lines 1, 3, 4, 10, 13, 14, 18, 25, 35, 37, 41, 42, 52, 71, 74, 86, E, E/
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