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station, located in downtown

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, in fare zone 1. It is an underground station with a central platform accessible from the street at both ends. Interior decoration, themed around the

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character, features a fresco of the comics main characters on one side, and a short comics strip depicting a train attack by the Daltons on the other side. There's also a Lucky Luke statue outside of the station, near the park's eastern entrance. Until 26 February 2012 Parc was the terminus of former lines 55 and 88. Trams would arrive from

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on the western side of the central platform, then move forward to a turnback siding in a short tunnel section south of the station, before returning to the station for departure on the eastern side of the platform. The turnback now forms part of the Parc to Tirou section. The station name (French for ''Park'') comes from the adjacent municipal park.

Nearby points of interest

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municipal park (french: Parc Reine Astrid). * Charleroi courthouse. * Schools : ''Collège du Sacré-Coeur'' and ''Athénée Royal Vauban''.

Transfers

TEC Charleroi bus lines 1, 3, 4, 8, 10, 15, 18, 25, 35, 37, 52, 71, 74, 86, 154, 158, 710, 722, E, City-Bus.

Photos

Metro Charleroi - Parc station outside.JPG, South entrance of the station, with the park on the left. Metro Charleroi - Parc station - tailtrack.JPG, The short tunnel section south of the station where trams park before departure. Charleroi - Parc (station de métro) - Lucky Luke - principaux personnages - céramique - 01.jpg,

and other characters from the humorous comics series. {{Charleroi Metro navbox Charleroi Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1996