Gilly is a

Charleroi Metro Charleroi Metro (french: Métro de Charleroi; previously known as the ''Charleroi Premetro'' (french: Métro léger de Charleroi)) is a light rail network in Belgium, consisting of a loop line around central Charleroi and three branches toward ...

station, located in

Gilly Gilly is a municipality in the district of Nyon in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. History Gilly is first mentioned in 1179 as ''de Iusliaco''. In 1278 it was mentioned as ''Gillie''. Geography Gilly has an area, , of . Of this area, or ...

(part of the

Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.

municipality), in fare zone 2. Gilly is an underground station featuring a central platform Until the opening of the Soleilmont extension on 27 February 2012, Gilly was the terminus of former lines 54 and 55. Gilly station was opened on 28 August 1992, although it had been built in the eighties. It was refurbished in 2008 and reopened in its current version on 23 April 2008. One of the walls is adorned with coat of arms of other ''Gillys in Europe, while the opposite wall features the lyrics of ''La p'tite gayole'', a song in Walloon language written by Belgian artist Oscar Sabeau. While trams drive on the right on most of the Charleroi Pre-metro network, they drive on the left on the

line.

Nearby points of interest

* Gilly city hall. * Gilly municipal swimming pool. * ''Athénée Royal de Gilly'' (school).

Transfers

TEC Charleroi bus lines 10, 14d, 17dim, 27, 28, 37, 172, 710. Railway stations in Belgium opened in the 1990s Railway stations opened in 1992 1992 establishments in Belgium Charleroi Metro stations {{Europe-metro-stub