Saint-Guidon metro station
Metro station in Brussels, Belgium / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Location | Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 50°50′06″N 4°18′20″E | ||||||||||
Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Below grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | 6 October 1982; 41 years ago (1982-10-06) | ||||||||||
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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.