Merode is a railway and metro

Brussels Metro

The Brussels Metro is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of a network with four metro line services with some shared sections. The metro has 49.9 km of network and 59 stations...

 station in Brussels

Brussels

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, Belgium

Belgium

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. The metro station is located in the municipality of Etterbeek

Etterbeek

Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It neighbours the municipalities of the City of Brussels, Ixelles, Auderghem, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert and Schaerbeek....

 (near the border between Etterbeek, the City of Brussels

City of Brussels

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 and Schaerbeek), under the "Porte de Tervueren/Tervuursepoort," which is the start of Avenue de Tervueren

Avenue de Tervueren

Avenue de Tervueren or Tervurenlaan is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It runs from Merode in the west, connects with Montgomery Square, passes through Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and the Ring at Quatre Bras and finishes at the park in Tervuren.The avenue was commissioned by King Leopold II of...

, a major street in Brussels. The underground train station is located under the "Place Prince Jean de Mérode/Prins Jean de Merodeplein," after which it is named. The two stations are connected by an underground hallway.

Metro station

The metro station opened in 1976 and was served by the first heavy metro service ever in Brussels (earlier underground services elsewhere were operated by trams). The station is located at the eastern end of the common branch of lines 1 and 5. One metro train out of two coming from Schuman

Schuman station

Schuman station is a railway and metro station in the City of Brussels. The metro station opened in 1969 and serves the European quarter of Brussels.-Metro:...

 continues to the southeast of the city through Thieffry

Thieffry metro station

The Thieffry Metro Station is one of the Brussels metro stations on the eastern branch of line 5. The metro station is located in the municipality of Etterbeek. It was formerly on line 1A until April 2009. The station was opened in 1976 and is named after the Belgian aviator Edmond...

 toward Herrmann-Debroux metro station

Herrmann-Debroux metro station

The Herrmann-Debroux Metro Station is a Brussels metro station serving as the eastern terminus of Line 5. The station was opened in 1985.-External links:* , bsubway.net...

 in the municipality of Auderghem

Auderghem

Auderghem or Oudergem is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium....

; this branch is currently line 1. Line 5 continues to the east through Montgomery

Montgomery station

Montgomery station may refer to:*Montgomery underground railway station on the Brussels Metro system in Belgium*The former Cambrian / Great Western Railway railway station situated some 2.5 km WNW of the town of Montgomery in the United Kingdom...

 toward Stokkel/Stockel

Stockel/Stokkel metro station

Stockel metro station is the eastern terminus of line 1 on the Brussels Metro. The station opened on 31 August 1988 and is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.-Art in the station:...

 in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.
Merode station is unusual in having its eastbound and westbound tracks at different levels, in order to avoid conflicting movements at the same level. As a result, each platform faces a blank wall across the track, which has been decorated with tiling

Tile

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 to improve the atmosphere of the station.

Originally the metro station of Merode was planned to be underneath the building of the BBL bank, now ING Belgium. Due to security issues this idea was not fully implemented however leftovers of this idea are still visible in the building.

Railway station

The underground railway station has two tracks with two side platforms and is served by the suburban services of NMBS/SNCB

NMBS/SNCB

The National Railway Company of Belgium, known as the or the Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges is the Belgian national railway operator.It is usually referred to in English as "Belgian Railways" or the SNCB....

 line 26

Belgian railway line 26

The Belgian railway line 26 is a railway line connecting Brussels to Halle in Belgium. It first opened on July 19, 1926, between the Schaerbeek and Watermael railway stations...

 linking Vilvoorde

Vilvoorde

Vilvoorde is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Vilvoorde proper with its two outlying quarters of Koningslo and Houtem and the small town of Peutie...

 with Halle

Halle, Belgium

Halle , is a Belgian city and municipality in the district Halle-Vilvoorde of the province Flemish Brabant. The city is located on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates Flanders and Wallonia...

 via Etterbeek

Etterbeek railway station

Etterbeek railway station is a railway station in Brussels, Belgium operated by SNCB. The station is named after the municipality of Etterbeek though it is located in the neighbouring municipality of Ixelles, at the Couronne/Kroon crossroad on the greater ring...

. The station will be integrated into the future RER

Brussels RER

The Brussels RER is a rapid transit system under construction in Belgium. It will offer fast connections and increased frequency within 30km of Brussels, covering a territory inhabited by 2.5 million people.-Overview:...

 (Regional Express Rail) services.

Surrounding the station

Several places of interest are located around this station among which the famous Cauchie house

Cauchie house

The Cauchie house was built in 1905 by Art Nouveau architect, painter and designer Paul Cauchie, in Etterbeek, Brussels, next of the Cinquantenaire...

 (house of the architect

Architect

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 Paul Cauchie), the Parc du Cinquantenaire

Cinquantenaire

Parc du Cinquantenaire or Jubelpark is a large public, urban park in the easternmost part of the European Quarter in Brussels, Belgium....

, the Avenue de Tervueren

Avenue de Tervueren

Avenue de Tervueren or Tervurenlaan is a major thoroughfare in Brussels, Belgium. It runs from Merode in the west, connects with Montgomery Square, passes through Woluwe-Saint-Pierre and the Ring at Quatre Bras and finishes at the park in Tervuren.The avenue was commissioned by King Leopold II of...

 (one of the oldest avenues in Brussels) and the Royal Military School. The station offers a connection with the Brussels tram route 81

Brussels tram route 81

The tram route 81 in Brussels, Belgium is a tram route in the south of the city who connects the stop Marius Renard in the municipality of Anderlecht with the multimodal stop Montgomery station in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The route also crosses the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Ixelles, the City of...

as well as the bus routes 22, 27 and 80.