Montgomery metro station

Coordinates: 50°50′16″N 4°24′25″E / 50.83778°N 4.40694°E / 50.83778; 4.40694
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General information
Coordinates50°50′16″N 4°24′25″E / 50.83778°N 4.40694°E / 50.83778; 4.40694
Owned bySTIB/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 The icon for Brussels Metro.A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. 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]

History[edit]

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[edit]

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]

References[edit]

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