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Piges metro station

Coordinates: 50°24′55″N 4°26′14″E / 50.41528°N 4.43722°E / 50.41528; 4.43722
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Piges
Charleroi Metro
General information
Coordinates50°24′55″N 4°26′14″E / 50.41528°N 4.43722°E / 50.41528; 4.43722
PlatformsCentral
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingNo
History
Opened30 June 1980
Services
Preceding station Charleroi Metro Following station
Dampremy
towards Monument
M1 Beaux-Arts
One-way operation
Ouest
towards Sud
M2 Beaux-Arts
towards Sud
Sacré Madame M3

Piges is a Charleroi Metro station, located in Dampremy (part of the Charleroi municipality), in fare zone 1. The station is built on a viaduct and is accessed through escalators and stairs from a street entrance located on Chaussée de Bruxelles (Brussels Road).

Although the station is built on a viaduct, tracks enter a tunnel at its western end, as they pass under a spoil tip (Terril des Piges) toward Dampremy.

A tram line to Gosselies starts at the station.

Nearby points of interest

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Station surroundings are sparsely populated (lower part of the Chaussée de Bruxelles) and do not feature important points of interest, which explains the low passenger flow through the station.

Transfers

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TEC Charleroi bus lines 41, 85 and Midi-Docherie.