Brussels Metro line 5

Brussels Metro line 5
Map of line 5 in Brussels
Overview
Native name	French: Ligne 5 Dutch: Metrolijn 5
Locale	Brussels
Termini	Erasme/Erasmus Herrmann-Debroux
Connecting lines
Stations	28
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Brussels Metro
Operator(s)	STIB/MIVB
Rolling stock	U4, U5, BOA M6 (sometimes)
History
Opened	4 April 2009; 15 years ago (2009-04-04)
Technical
Line length	17.3 km (10.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	900 V DC (third rail)

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Legend
Erasme/Erasmus Eddy Merckx R0 Brussels Ring Road CERIA/COOVI La Roue/Het Rad Bizet Veeweyde/Veeweide Saint-Guidon/Sint-Guido Aumale Jacques Brel/Molenbeek Depot Jacques Brel Line 2 & Line 6 to Elisabeth Brussels-West (Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation) Beekkant Line 2 & Line 6 to Simonis Étangs Noirs/Zwarte Vijvers Comte de Flandre/ Graaf van Vlaanderen Brussels-Charleroi Canal Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne De Brouckère 34 Brussels Central (Gare Centrale/Centraal Station) Parc/Park Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet Maelbeek/Maalbeek Schuman Merode Line 1 to Stockel/Stokkel Thieffry Pétillon Hankar Delta Delta Depot Beaulieu Demey Herrmann-Debroux
Key
metro lines premetro lines SNCB lines

Line 5 is a rapid transit line on the Brussels Metro in Belgium operated by STIB/MIVB. It connects Herrmann-Debroux in the south-east of Brussels to Erasme/Erasmus in the south-west via the city centre. It has existed in its current form since 4 April 2009, when the section of former line 1A between Beekkant and Roi Baudouin/Koning Boudewijn was replaced by the section of former line 1B between Beekkant and Erasme. Starting from Herrmann-Debroux, the line crosses the municipalities of Auderghem, Etterbeek, City of Brussels, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Koekelberg and Anderlecht. It serves 28 metro stations and has a common section with line 1 between Gare de l'Ouest/Weststation and Merode, and with lines 2 and 6 between Gare de l'Ouest and Beekkant. At Arts-Loi/Kunst-Wet, the line also connects with lines 2 and 6. Railway connections are possible at Brussels-Central, Brussels-Schuman, Merode and Brussels-West.

The first section of this line was built in the late 1960s between Schuman and De Brouckère, but was served by trams.^[1] The first metro was brought into service on 20 September 1976, and the existing underground section was extended up to Tomberg on former line 1B, and up to Beaulieu on former line 1A.^[2] Line 1A was further expanded eastwards, to Demey in 1977 and to Herrmann-Debroux in 1985. The line was also expanded westwards, to Sainte-Catherine/Sint-Katelijne in 1977, to Beekkant in 1981, to Bockstael in 1982, to Heysel/Heizel in 1985 and to Roi Baudouin in 1998.