Pétillon metro station

Pétillon metro station
General information
Location	Boulevard Louis Schmidt / Louis Schmidtlaan 1040 Etterbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′37″N 4°24′15″E / 50.82694°N 4.40417°E / 50.82694; 4.40417
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	20 September 1976; 48 years ago (1976-09-20)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Thieffry towards Erasme/Erasmus Line 5 Hankar towards Herrmann-Debroux

Pétillon is a Brussels Metro station on the eastern branch of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Etterbeek, in the eastern part of Brussels, Belgium.

The metro station opened on 20 September 1976 and is named after Major Pétillon, a Belgian colonial pioneer who died in Etterbeek in 1909.^[1] The station underwent an eighteen-month, €6.3 million renovation ending in April 2008. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by the extended east–west line 5.

The nearby tram station that bears the same name is visited by tram lines 7 and 25.

• Transport in Brussels
• History of Brussels

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• STIB/MIVB official website

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