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Location | Charleroi Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°24′22″N 4°26′44″E / 50.40611°N 4.44556°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | Lateral | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 27 February 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.