Pétillon is a
Brussels Metro station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
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on the eastern branch of
line 5. It is located in the
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Etterbeek, 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.
The station opened in 1976 and is named after Major Pétillon, a Belgian colonial pioneer who died in Etterbeek in 1909.
The station underwent an eighteen-month, €6.3 million renovation ending in April 2008.
The nearby tram station that bears the same name is visited by tram lines
7 and 25.
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Railway stations in Belgium opened in the 1970s
Railway stations opened in 1976
1976 establishments in Belgium
Etterbeek
Brussels metro stations
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