Merode is a

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and

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station in

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, Belgium. It lies in the municipality of

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, near the border between Etterbeek, the

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and

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. The metro end is under the /, which is the start of the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan, a major thoroughfare, while the mainline railway station end is under the /. The two stations are connected by a long underground concourse punctuated by ticket barriers. The area is named in honour of

Jean Philippe Eugène de Mérode Jean-Philippe-Eugène, Count de Mérode, 5th Marquess of Westerloo (22 June 1674 in Brussels – 12 September 1732 in Merode castle) was a Belgian soldier and ''Feldmarschall'' of the Holy Roman Empire and a prominent member of the House of Me ...

Metro station

Merode station opened in 1976 and was served by the first heavy metro service ever in Brussels (earlier underground services elsewhere were operated by trams). The station is located at the eastern end of the common branch of lines 1 and 5. One metro train out of two coming from Schuman continues to the south-east of the city through Thieffry towards

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in the municipality of

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; this branch is currently line 5. Line 1 continues to the east through Montgomery towards Stokkel/Stockel in the municipality of

Woluwe-Saint-Pierre Woluwe-Saint-Pierre () or Sint-Pieters-Woluwe () is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the eastern part of the region, it is bordered by Etterbeek, Auderghem and Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, as well as th ...

. The station is unusual in having its eastbound and westbound tracks one on top of the other, which avoids an at-grade fork. As a result, each platform faces a blank wall across the track, which has been decorated with

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to improve the station's atmosphere. Originally, it was planned to be underneath the building of the

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. Due to security issues, this idea was not fully implemented. However, leftovers of this idea are still visible in the building.

Railway station

The underground railway station has two tracks with two side platforms and is served by the suburban services of the

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(NMBS/SNCB)'s line 26, as part of the

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(RER/GEN) services.

Train services

The station is served by the following service(s): * Brussels RER services (S4) ''Mechelen - Vilvoorde - Merode - Etterbeek - Brussels-Luxembourg - Denderleeuw - Aalst'' (weekdays) * Brussels RER services (S7) ''Vilvoorde - Arcaden - Halle'' (weekdays)

Area

Several places of interest are located around this station among which the famous

Cauchie House The Cauchie House (french: Maison Cauchie, nl, Cauchiehuis) is a town house in Brussels, Belgium. It was built in 1905 by Art Nouveau architect, painter, and designer Paul Cauchie, in Etterbeek, next to the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark. ...

(house of the architect ), the Parc du Cinquantenaire/Jubelpark, the Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan (one of the oldest avenues in Brussels) and the Royal Military Academy. The station offers a connection with the

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as well as the bus routes 22, 27 and 80.

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