Villette is a Charleroi Metro station, located at the southwestern end of Charleroi

Charleroi

Charleroi is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. , the total population of Charleroi was 201,593. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of and had a total population of 522,522 as of 1 January 2008, ranking it as...

 downtown, in fare zone 1. It was the first metro station in Belgium

Belgium

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 to be built on a viaduct, spanning over the river Sambre

Sambre

The Sambre is a river in northern France and Wallonia, southern Belgium, left tributary of the Meuse River. The ancient Romans called the river Sabis.-Course:...

. The station is accessible from both banks of the river and features a central platform serving two tram tracks. Villette station is particularly close (300 m) to the Sud

Charleroi-South railway station

The Charleroi-South pre-metro station, simply known as South on network maps, was opened in 1976. Along with Vilette, Sud was the first station to enter service on the Charleroi pre-metro...

 station.

Nearby points of interest

• Headquarters of TEC Charleroi, a subsidiary of the Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport in charge of public transportation in Charleroi.

• Charleroi branch of the Federal Public Service Finance
  FPS Finance Belgium
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Transfers

There are no direct train or bus transfers at this station.