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Janson (Charleroi Metro)

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Platforms
  
Central

Parking
  
No

Opened
  
30 August 1996

Tracks
  
2

Platform levels
  
2

Address
  
6000 Charleroi, Belgium

Level
  
2

Janson (Charleroi Metro)

Janson is a Charleroi Metro station, located in downtown Charleroi, in fare zone 1. It is an underground station featuring a central platform, with street access at both ends.

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Interior decoration, designed by architect Jean Yernaux, is themed around the Belgian comics characters from Dupuis Publishing, a well-known Belgian comics publishing company based in Marcinelle (part of the Charleroi municipality).

The station and the nearby Paul Janson Boulevard are named after Belgian politician Paul Janson.

Nearby points of interest

  • CHU de Charleroi / Hôpital Civil hospital.
  • Stade du Pays de Charleroi (soccer stadium).
  • Chasseurs à pied museum, in the Trésignies barrack.

    • Transfers

    TEC Charleroi bus lines 52, 71, 74, 86, 154, 158, E, City-Bus.

    References

    Janson (Charleroi Metro) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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