Eddy Merckx metro station

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

Eddy Merckx's one-hour record bicycle is on display in the station
LocationJosse Leemans, Anderlecht
Coordinates50°49′00″N 4°16′51″E
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
History
Opened2003
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station
Terminus
Line 5
The station entrance

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.

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