Saint-Guidon metro station
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.jpg) Saint Guidon/Sint Guido metro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Cours Saint Guidon / Sint-Guidocorso 1070 Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°50′06″N 4°18′20″E / 50.83500°N 4.30556°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | STIB/MIVB | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Below grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 6 October 1982 | ||||||||||
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Saint-Guidon (French, pronounced [sɛ̃ ɡidɔ̃]) or Sint-Guido (Dutch, pronounced [sɪnt ˈxiːdoː]) 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.
The metro station opened on 6 October 1982 as part of the Beekkant–Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido extension of former line 1B.[1] Prior to the opening of an extension to Veeweyde/Veeweide on 5 July 1985, the station was the western terminus of the metro. On 10 January 1992, a further extension from Veeweyde westwards to Bizet was opened (further extended in 2003 to Erasme/Erasmus). Then, following the reorganisation of the Brussels Metro on 4 April 2009, it is served by the extended east–west line 5.[2]
Area
[edit]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);[3] the old beguinage of Anderlecht (a late medieval lay convent, now a museum dedicated to religious community life);[3] 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.[4]
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Station de Métro Saint-Guidon – Inventaire du patrimoine architectural". monument.heritage.brussels (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Line 5 direction ERASME - stib-mivb.be". www.stib-mivb.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Erasmus House & the Beguinage of Anderlecht". Brussels Museums. 1 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Metro | RSC Anderlecht". www.rsca.be. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
External links
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Media related to Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido metro station at Wikimedia Commons- STIB/MIVB official website
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