The entrance to Merode railway station

Mérode is a railway and metro station in Brussels, Belgium. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. Brussels Metro (Métro de Bruxelles Brusselse metro is a Metro system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. Brussels (Bruxelles pronounced; Brussel pronounced) officially the Brussels Capital-Region, is The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those The metro station is located in the municipality of Etterbeek (near the border between Etterbeek, the City of Brussels and Schaerbeek), under the "Porte de Tervueren/Tervuursepoort," which is the start of the "Tervurenlaan/Avenue de Tervueren", a famous avenue in Brussels. Etterbeek is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. The City of Brussels ( French: Bruxelles-Ville or Ville de Bruxelles, Dutch: Stad Brussel) is the largest Municipality of Schaarbeek ( Dutch) or Schaerbeek ( French) is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium The underground train station is located under the "Place Prince Jean de Mérode/Prins Jean de Mérodeplein," after which it is named.

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). Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The station is located at the eastern end of the common branch of the lines 1A and 1B. One metro train out of two coming from Schuman continues to the South-East of the city through Thieffry toward Herrmann-Debroux metro station in the municipality of Auderghem; this branch is currently part of line 1A. Schuman station is a Railway and metro station in the City of Brussels. Oudergem (current Dutch spelling or Auderghem ( French and former Dutch spelling is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital The other branch continues to the East through Montgomery toward Stokkel/Stockel in the municipality of Woluwe-Saint-Pierre.

The main railway station, adjacent to the metro station, encompasses two underground platforms and is served by the suburban services of NMBS/SNCB line 26 linking Vilvoorde with Halle via Etterbeek. The Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen (NMBS Dutch) or Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges (SNCB French) is the Belgian

Several places of interest are located around this station: the famous Cauchie house (house of the architect Paul Cauchie), the Parc du Cinquantenaire, the "Avenue de Tervueren/Tervurenlaan" (one of the oldest avenues in Brussels) and the Royal Military School. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Jubelpark ( Dutch for "Jubilee Park" or Parc du Cinquantenaire ( French for "Park of the Fiftieth" pronounced /paʀk də sɛ̃kɑ̃tnɛʀ/

Mérode 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 to improve the atmosphere of the station. A tile is a manufactured piece of hard-wearing material such as Ceramic, stone, metal or even Glass.

Coordinates: 50°50′22″N 4°23′52″E / 50.83944, 4.39778