Eddy Merckx metro station

Eddy Merckx
Eddy Merckx's one-hour record bicycle is on display in the station
Location	Josse Leemans, Anderlecht
Coordinates	50°49′00″N 4°16′51″E / 50.81667°N 4.28083°E / 50.81667; 4.28083Coordinates: 50°49′00″N 4°16′51″E / 50.81667°N 4.28083°E / 50.81667; 4.28083
Owned by	STIB/MIVB
History
Opened	2003
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station Erasme/Erasmus Terminus Line 5 CERIA/COOVI toward Herrmann-Debroux

Eddy Merckx is a Metro station on the western branch of Line 5 of the Brussels Metro. It is named after Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, five time winner of the Tour de France.

The station opened on 15 September 2003 as part of an extension between Bizet and Erasme/Erasmus stations. 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.

Brussels Metro
Line 1	Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Beekkant Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne De Brouckère Gare Centrale/Centraal Station Parc/Park Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Maelbeek/Maalbeek Schuman Merode Montgomery Joséphine-Charlotte Gribaumont Tomberg Roodebeek Vandervelde Alma Kraainem/Crainhem Stockel/Stokkel
Line 2	Simonis Ribaucourt Yser/IJzer Rogier Botanique/Kruidtuin Madou Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Trône/Troon Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort Louise/Louiza Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof Porte de Hal/Hallepoort Gare du Midi/Zuidstation Clemenceau Delacroix Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Beekkant Osseghem/Ossegem Simonis
Line 3	Esplanade to Churchill
Line 4	Gare du Nord / Noordstation to Stalle car park
Line 5	Erasme/Erasmus Eddy Merckx CERIA/COOVI La Roue/Het Rad Bizet Veeweyde/Veeweide Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido Aumale Jacques Brel Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Beekkant Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers Comte de Flandre/Graaf van Vlaanderen Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne De Brouckère Gare Centrale/Centraal Station Parc/Park Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Maelbeek/Maalbeek Schuman Merode Thieffry Pétillon Hankar Delta Beaulieu Demey Herrmann-Debroux
Line 6	Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn Heysel/Heizel Houba-Brugmann Stuyvenbergh Bockstael Pannenhuis Belgica Simonis Osseghem/Ossegem Beekkant Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation Delacroix Clemenceau Gare du Midi/Zuidstation Porte de Hal/Hallepoort Hôtel des Monnaies/Munthof Louise/Louiza Porte de Namur/Naamsepoort Trône/Troon Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Botanique/Kruidtuin Rogier Yser/IJzer Ribaucourt Simonis
Line 7	Heysel/Heizel to Vanderkindere
Brussels buses Brussels trams STIB/MIVB