Eddy Merckx metro station

Eddy Merckx is a Brussels Metro station on the western branch of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. It is named after the Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, five-times winner of the Tour de France.

Eddy Merckx metro station
General information
Location	Boulevard Josse Leemans / Josse Leemanslaan B-1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates	50°49′00″N 4°16′51″E
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
History
Opened	15 September 2003 (2003-09-15)
Services
Preceding station Brussels Metro Following station Erasme/Erasmus Terminus Line 5 CERIA/COOVI towards Herrmann-Debroux

The station opened on 15 September 2003 as part of the Bizet–Erasme/Erasmus extension of former line 1B including the stations Erasme/Erasmus, CERIA/COOVI and La Roue/Het Rad. It is decorated with objects commemorating Merckx, including, displayed in a glass cabinet on the station platform, the bicycle on which he set the hour record in 1972. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by line 5.

Eddy Merckx's one-hour record bicycle is on display in the station