Montgomery metro station

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Montgomery metro station
General information
Location Square Maréchal Montgomery / Maarschalk Montgomeryplein,
1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates 50°50′16″N4°24′25″E / 50.83778°N 4.40694°E / 50.83778; 4.40694
Owned by STIB/MIVB
Platforms2 (metro)
2 (premetro)
Tracks2 (metro)
2 (premetro)
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened30 January 1975;49 years ago (1975-01-30) (premetro)
20 September 1976;47 years ago (1976-09-20) (metro)
Services
Preceding station Brussels metro icon.svg Brussels Metro Following station
Merode Line 1 Joséphine-Charlotte

Montgomery is an underground station on the Brussels Metro, the first station on the eastern branch of line 1 (formerly line 1B), in the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. The station also serves a number of tram lines and buses: Brussels tram routes 7 and 25 pass through, and 39 and 44 terminate there, while tram route 81 and a number of buses stop at surface level.[ citation needed ]

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History

The metro station opened on 30 January 1975 and is named after the roundabout above (Square Maréchal Montgomery/Maarschalk Montgomeryplein), which in turn was named after Field Marshal Montgomery. It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre (Sint-Pieters-Woluwe).

Description

The trams' entrance is from the Rue du Duc/Hertogstraat; they exit to the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan. The walls of the station are decorated with a large fresco by Jean-Michel Folon titled Magic City. [1]

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References

  1. Folon, Jean-Michel. "Fresque murale: Magic City". Jean-Michel-Folon.eu. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2017.