Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido metro station

Location Anderlecht
Coordinates 50°50′06″N 4°18′20″E / 50.83500°N 4.30556°E / 50.83500; 4.30556Coordinates: 50°50′06″N 4°18′20″E / 50.83500°N 4.30556°E / 50.83500; 4.30556
Owned by STIB/MIVB
History
Opened 1982
Services
Preceding station   Brussels Metro   Following station
Line 5

Saint-Guidon (French) / Sint Guido (Dutch) is a metro station on Line 5 of the Brussels Metro. It is located in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht. The station opened on 6 October 1982 as part of the Beekkant - Saint Guidon extension of line 1B as the service was called until 3 April 2009. Prior to the opening of an extension in 1985, the station became the western terminus of line 1B. Since the reorganisation of the network on 4 April 2009 the station is part of the new line 5.

Nearby sights include the Collegial Church of Saint Peter and Saint Guy (Sint-Pieter En Guidokerk), for which the station was named; the Erasmus House Museum; the Old Beguinage (now community museum); and the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, where R.S.C. Anderlecht football club play their home games.

Entrance at street level

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