Tirou is a
Charleroi Metro
Charleroi Metro (french: Métro de Charleroi; previously known as the ''Charleroi Premetro'' (french: Métro léger de Charleroi)) is a light rail network in Belgium, consisting of a loop line around central Charleroi and three branches toward ...
station, located in downtown
Charleroi, in fare zone 1. Tirou is an open-air station located at street level (''Rue de l'écluse'') and offers same-platform bus transfer.
The station's lateral platform are publicly accessible and serve as regular street sidewalks.
The station and the nearby Tirou Boulevard are named after Joseph Tirou (1876–1952), a former Belgian politician and mayor of Charleroi.
Nearby points of interest
* ''Boulevard Joseph Tirou'', the main shopping district in the lower town of Charleroi.
* ''Institut Notre-Dame'' school.
* FOREM.
Transfers
TEC Charleroi bus lines 1, 3, 4, 10, 13, 14, 18, 25, 35, 37, 41, 42, 52, 71, 74, 86, E, E/
Charleroi Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 2012
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