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
  • Brussels buses
  • Brussels trams
  • STIB/MIVB
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