Pétillon metro station
Pétillon is a Brussels Metro station on the eastern branch of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Etterbeek, in the eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.
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| Coordinates | 50°49′37″N 4°24′15″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 20 September 1976 | ||||||||||
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The station opened in 1976 and is named after Major Pétillon, a Belgian colonial pioneer who died in Etterbeek in 1909.[1] The station underwent an eighteen-month, €6.3 million renovation ending in April 2008.
The nearby tram station that bears the same name is visited by tram lines 7 and 25.
External links
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