Erasme or Erasmus metro station is the western terminus of line 5 on the Brussels Metro. It is located in the Brussels municipality of Anderlecht.Erasmus opened on 15 September 2003 as part of the extension to line 1B including the stations La Roue/Het Rad, CERIA/COOVI and Eddy Merckx. In April 2009, this part of line 1B became part of line 5. The station lies at grade and has a single island platform which can be reached through tunnels under the tracks. It was designed by Philippe Samyn and Partners and is named after Erasmus Hospital which it serves.