Montgomery metro station

Geschiedenis

Montgomery is an underground station on the Brussels Metro, the first station on the eastern branch of line 1 (formerly line 1B), in Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. The station also serves a number of tram lines and buses: Brussels tram routes 7 and 25 pass through, and 39 and 44 terminate there, while tram route 81 and a number of buses stop at surface level.HistoryThe metro station opened on 30 January 1975 and is named after the roundabout above, which in turn was named after Field Marshal Montgomery. It is located in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre / Sint-Pieters-Woluwe.DescriptionThe trams' entrance is from the Rue du duc; they exit to l’Avenue de Tervueren. The walls of the station are illustrated is a large fresco by Jean-Michel Folon titled Magic City.