CERIA (French) or COOVI (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on the western branch of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. The station serves the Food and Chemical Industries Education and Research Center (CERIA/COOVI), after which it is named,[1] and is also the closest metro station to the IKEA Anderlecht store.
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 CERIA/COOVI metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Chaussée de Mons / Bergense Steenweg 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°48′59″N 4°17′24″E / 50.81639°N 4.29000°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 15 September 2003 | ||||||||||
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The metro station opened on 15 September 2003 as part of the Bizet–Erasme/Erasmus extension of former line 1B, including the stations Erasme/Erasmus, Eddy Merckx and La Roue/Het Rad. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by the extended east–west line 5.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "CERIA | Anderlecht". www.anderlecht.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 5 direction ERASME - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to CERIA/COOVI metro station at Wikimedia Commons- STIB/MIVB official website
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