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 Belgian cyclist Eddy Merckx, five time winner of the Tour de France.

The station opened on September 15, 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

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