Thieffry is a
Brussels Metro station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
* Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
* Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
** Cattle statio ...
on the eastern branch of
line 5. It is located in the
municipality of
Etterbeek, in the eastern part of
Brussels, Belgium. The station opened in 1976 and is named after the Belgian
aviator
An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its Aircraft flight control system, directional flight controls. Some other aircrew, aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are al ...
Edmond Thieffry
Edmond Thieffry (28 September 1892 – 11 April 1929) was a Belgian First World War air ace and aviation pioneer. He made, with Léopold Roger and Jef de Bruycker, the first successful flight between Belgium and Congo (then the Belgian Congo ...
. This part of line 1A became part of line 5 in April 2009.
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Etterbeek
Brussels metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1976
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