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Belgian railway line 58

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Status
  
Operational

Locale
  
Belgium

Line length
  
21 km (13 mi)

Termini
  
Eeklo railway station


Opened
  
Ghent - Eeklo: 25 june 1861Eeklo - Maldegem: 16 november 1862Maldegem - Bruges: 22 juni 1863

Closed
  
Bruges - Maldegem: 1959

Operator(s)
  
National Railway Company of Belgium

Number of tracks
  
double track Y Oost Ledeberg - Wondelgem: 2single track Wondelgem - Maldegem: 1

Belgian railway line 58 connects Ghent with Eeklo. The line is approx. 14 miles long. In its early days the line also connected to Bruges.

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Current condition

The railway line speed is approx. 55 mph. This will be upgraded to 75 mph in the near future. The railway is double track between Y Ledeberg (origin) and Wondelgem, en electrified between Y ledeberg and Ghent-Dampoort. This last station is part of the connection between Gent and Antwerp (Line 59). Further is the line single track and unelectrified.

Section between Eeklo and Maldegem is run as an heritage railway line by Stoomcentrum Maldegem.

Train service

The following services currently the serve the line:

  • local service Eeklo - Gent (weekdays)
  • rush hour service Eeklo - Gent (weekdays)
  • local service Eeklo - Gent - Ronse (weekends)

    • Connection tracks

  • 58/1: Y West triangle Ledeberg (lijn 50E) - Y North triangleLedeberg (lijn 58)
  • 58/2: Y Muide (lijn 58) - Gent-Zeehaven (lijn 59B, lijn 204/1)

    • References

    Belgian railway line 58 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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