Janson is a

Charleroi Metro Charleroi (, , ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities in Belgium, municipality of Wallonia, located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Hainaut (province), Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wa ...

station, located in downtown

Charleroi Charleroi (, , ; ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It is the largest city in both Hainaut and Wallonia. The city is situated in the valley of the Sambre, in the south-west of Belgium, not ...

, Belgium, in fare zone 1. It is an underground station featuring a central platform, with street access at both ends. Interior decoration, designed by architect Jean Yernaux, is themed around the

Belgian comics Belgian comics are a distinct subgroup in the comics history, and played a major role in the development of European comics, alongside France with whom they share a long common history. While the comics in the two major language groups and r ...

characters from Dupuis Publishing, a well-known Belgian comics publishing company based in

Marcinelle Marcinelle (; ) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the Hainaut Province, province of Hainaut, Belgium. Until 1977, it was a municipality of its own. The town of Marcinelle is renowned as the home ...

(part of the

municipality). Charleroi - station Janson - Les femmes en blanc - 01.jpg,

Les Femmes en Blanc Les Femmes en Blanc (Women in white) is a Belgian comics humor series of 42 album volumes, for which the script was created by Raoul Cauvin and whose design was directed by Philippe Bercovici. Colours were done by Leonardo. The series debuted in ...

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. The station and the nearby ''Paul Janson Boulevard'' are named after Belgian politician

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Nearby points of interest

* ''CHU de Charleroi / Hôpital Civil'' hospital. *

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(soccer stadium). * Chasseurs à pied museum, in the ''Trésignies'' barrack. * Spirou, Fantasio and

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roundabout * Mambourg Polyclinic

Transfers

TEC Charleroi bus lines 52, 71, 74, 86, 154, 158, E, City-Bus. {{Charleroi Metro navbox Charleroi Metro stations Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1996