Gribaumont Metro Station
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Gribaumont is a
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station on line 1 (prior to 4 April 2009 the eastern branch of line 1B). It is located in the
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of Woluwe-Saint-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, in the eastern part of
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Belgium, and opened on 20 January 1976. It is located under the / and takes its name from the nearby /, named after the landowner who helped develop the area in the 1900s. In 2008, the original ''Pavimento Pirelli'' black rubber floor tiles on the platforms were removed. They were replaced with new biscuit-coloured
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tiles, with darker grey tiles nearest to the walls. The platform area overhead lighting was also replaced in late 2008.


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