Charleroi Metro line 2

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Charleroi Metro line 2
Legend
Monument Route de la Station Jonction Depot Route de Thuin Surchiste Coron du Berger Pétria Fontaine Paradis Leernes Morgnies Moulin De Cartier Providence Dampremy To Goselles Piges Beaux-Arts Ouest Villette Sud Tirou Parc Janson Waterloo To Châtelet To Soleilmont
thin line indicates single track section

Tirou

station.

Line M2 is a line of the

after completion of the loop around central Charleroi. Introduction of new line numbers (M1, M2, M3 and M4) in February 2012 coincided with the formal association of colors to line numbers. The official color for line M2 is green.

Line M2 is identical to line M1 except that it runs along the downtown loop in a clockwise direction.

Operations

Line M2 has a length of 32.12-kilometre (19.96 mi) (including the return portion to Anderlues), of which 6.98 kilometres (4.34 mi) are on a standard tram line on the street (in Anderlues) and the remainder on premetro infrastructure. It has 29 premetro stations (18 distinct) and 12 tram stops (6 distinct). Lines M1 and M2 are the longest lines of the Charleroi Metro network.

Trams drive on the right on the entire line, but the regular tram section of the line in

.

Period	First departure from Pétria	First departure from Sud	Last departure from Sud	Last arrival in Pétria	Interval between trains
Monday to Friday from January to June and from September to December	05:37	06:09	18:39	19:03	30 minutes
Monday to Friday in July and August	07:07	07:39	17:09	17:41	60 minutes 30 minutes during morning/afternoon peak times
Saturday	05:22	05:54	18:54	19:18	60 minutes
Sunday and public holidays	07:14	07:54	18:54	19:18	60 minutes

Because M2 trams going from Sud to Pétria enter Beaux-Arts station from the West and have to leave it to the West, a change of direction is required. Trams accomplish this by first passing through Beaux-Arts on a lateral track without stopping, before entering a loop-shaped tunnel leading back to the station but from the opposite direction.

List of stations

Tram stops

The following tram stops are found in Anderlues on the western portion of the line:

• Monument
• Route de la station
• Jonction
• Route de Thuin
• Surchiste
• Coron du Berger

Premetro stations

The following stations are found on the premetro portion of the system in the vicinity of Charleroi:

• Pétria
• Fontaine
• Paradis
• Leernes
• Morgnies
• Moulin
• De Cartier
• Providence
• Dampremy

The following stations are found on the full metro portion of the system in central Charleroi:

• Piges
• Ouest
• Villette
• Sud
• Sambre
• Tirou
• Parc
• Janson
• Waterloo
• Beaux-Arts