The nearest train station is "Couillet": reachable in 3 minutes by car, or 16 minutes by public transport. You don’t want to own a car, but you still occasionally need one? There is the "Cambio - Charleroi-Gare" station where you can rent a shared vehicle just 32 minutes away by foot. To reach A54 / E420 (Nivelles - Charleroi) you only need 5 minutes and A15 / E42 (La Louvière - Charleroi - Namur - Liège) is reachable in 12 minutes. Do you need to charge an electric car? The nearest charging station ("Renault Goeyens") is just 4 minutes away by car. Brussels South Charleroi Airport is 9 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 24 minutes.
You can access these bus lines: TEC Charleroi - 52 - Charleroi Sud - Nalinnes - Gourdinne with a stand 1 minute’ walk away, TEC Charleroi - 21 - Marcinelle (Hublinbu) - Charleroi Sud with a stop reachable in fewer than 8 minutes as a pedestrian, TEC Charleroi - 1 - Montignies (Place) - Charleroi Sud - GB Bomerée with a stand 9 minutes’ walk away.
In 49 minutes you can reach Brussels. Only 6 minutes are needed to reach Charleroi with your car. Namur is 30 minutes away by car. It takes about 36 minutes to reach Mons with your car.
You can find a convienient nursery: "C. D.", 13 minutes away by foot. There is a nearby preschool and elementary school: "Ecole Communale Fondamentale", 5 minutes away by bike. The nearest high school is called "Centre Éducatif Communal Secondaire De Couillet-Marcinelle" and is 9 minutes' walk away.
There are a variety of supermarkets nearby: "Aldi Marcinelle" (17 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Lidl Marcinelle" (16 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Match Marcinelle" (18 minutes by foot or 3 minutes by car).
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