Erasme ( French) or Erasmus (

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)

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is the western

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of line 5 on the

Brussels Metro The Brussels Metro (french: Métro de Bruxelles, nl, Brusselse 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 me ...

. It is located in the

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

of Anderlecht, in the western part of

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

, Belgium. It lies at grade and has a single island platform, which can be reached through tunnels under the tracks. The station opened on 15 September 2003 as part of the 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), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ...

. It was designed by

Philippe Samyn Sir Philippe Samyn (born 1 September 1948, in Ghent) is a Belgians, Belgian architect and civil engineer whose style is characterized by extensive use of glass, wood and steel to build often monumental structures. He is also known for his disc ...

and Partners and is named after

Erasmus Hospital Erasmus Hospital (french: Cliniques universitaires de Bruxelles - Hôpital Érasme, nl, Erasmus Ziekenhuis) is a teaching hospital in the Anderlecht municipality of Brussels, Belgium. It is a teaching hospital associated with the Université lib ...

which it serves. Following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by line 5.

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Brussels metro stations located above ground Railway stations opened in 2003 Anderlecht {{Brussels-metro-stub