( French, ) or ( Dutch, ) is a

Brussels Metro The Brussels Metro ( ; ) is a rapid transit system serving a large part of the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium. It consists of four conventional metro lines and three '' premetro'' lines. The metro-grade lines are M1, M2, M5, and M6 wi ...

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

serving as the western terminus of line 5. It is located in the

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

Anderlecht Anderlecht (; ) is one of the List of municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, B ...

, in the western part of

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

, Belgium. The station was designed by Philippe Samyn and Partners and is named after

Erasmus Hospital Erasmus Hospital (; ) is a teaching hospital in the municipality of Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium. It is a research hospital associated with the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), and was opened in 1977. It has 1,048 beds and 4,000 employees ...

, which it serves. It lies at grade and has a single

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

, which can be reached through tunnels under the tracks. The metro station opened on 15 September 2003 as part of the Bizet–/ extension of former line 1B, including the stations La Roue/Het Rad, CERIA/COOVI and

Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (born 17 June 1945), known as Eddy Merckx (, ), is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist racer who is the most successful rider in the history of competitive cycling. His victories include an ...

. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by the extended east–west line 5. In June 2021, the

Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company The Brussels Intercommunal Transport Company ( or ; or ) is the local public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium. It is usually referred to in English by the double acronym STIB/MIVB, or by its French acronym, STIB. STIB/MIVB is respon ...

(STIB/MIVB) launched its first M7 series trains into operation on line 1, leaving from / station. Metro Brussel Erasmus toegang

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STIB/MIVB official website
Brussels Metro stations Anderlecht Railway stations in Belgium opened in 2003 {{Brussels-metro-stub

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