Montgomery metro station
Metro station in Brussels, Belgium
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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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1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
2 (premetro)
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.jpg) Montgomery metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Square Maréchal Montgomery / Maarschalk Montgomeryplein, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′16″N 4°24′25″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (metro) 2 (premetro) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (metro) 2 (premetro) | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 January 1975 (premetro) 20 September 1976 (metro) | ||||||||||
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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 Bernard 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]
