Tirou (Charleroi Metro)

Tirou
Location	Charleroi  Belgium
Coordinates	50°24′22″N 4°26′44″E / 50.40611°N 4.44556°E / 50.40611; 4.44556Coordinates: 50°24′22″N 4°26′44″E / 50.40611°N 4.44556°E / 50.40611; 4.44556
Platforms	Lateral
Tracks	2
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	27 February 2012
Services
Preceding station   Charleroi Metro   Following station Sud Terminus Line M1 Parc toward Anderlues Parc One-way operation Line M2 Sud toward Anderlues Sud Terminus Line M4 Parc toward Soleilmont

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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