Saint-Guidon metro station

Saint-Guidon (French) or Sint Guido (Dutch) is a Brussels Metro station on the western branch of line 5. It is located in the municipality of Anderlecht, in the western part of Brussels, Belgium. The station received its name from the aboveground Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido, itself named after Saint Guy, the patron saint of Anderlecht.


Saint Guidon/Sint Guido metro station
General information
LocationAnderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Coordinates50°50′06″N 4°18′20″E
Owned bySTIB/MIVB
Platforms2
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeBelow grade
AccessibleYes
History
Opened6 October 1982 (1982-10-06)
Services
Preceding station The icon for Brussels Metro.A white letter 'M' on top of a pink circle. Brussels Metro Following station
Veeweyde/Veeweide
towards Erasme/Erasmus
 Line 5 Aumale
towards Herrmann-Debroux

The metro station opened on 6 October 1982 as part of the Beekkant–Saint Guidon extension of former east–west line 1B. Prior to the opening of an extension to Veeweyde/Veeweide on 5 July 1985, the station was the western terminus of the metro. Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by the extended east–west line 5.

Area

Nearby sights include the Collegiate Church of St. Peter and St. Guido (the main church of Anderlecht, for which the station was named); Erasmus House (a museum devoted to the Dutch humanist writer and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam); the old beguinage of Anderlecht (a late medieval lay convent, now a museum dedicated to religious community life); as well as Astrid Park, which is home to the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, where R.S.C. Anderlecht football club play their home games.

Entrance at street level

See also

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