CERIA metro station
Metro station in Brussels, Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Location | Chaussée de Mons / Bergense Steenweg B-1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°48′59″N 4°17′24″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | 15 September 2003; 20 years ago (2003-09-15) | ||||||||||
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The metro station opened on 15 September 2003 as part of the Bizet–Erasme/Erasmus extension of former east–west 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.