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Gent Dampoort railway station

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Location
  
Oktrooiplein, Ghent

Platforms
  
centre platform

Electrified
  
1970

Opened
  
15 June 1861

Rebuilt
  
1973

Line(s)
  
58 and 59

Station code
  
GDAM

Address
  
9000 Ghent, Belgium

Platform
  
Island platform

Tracks
  
2

Gent-Dampoort railway station

Owned by
  
National Railway Company of Belgium

Owner
  
National Railway Company of Belgium

Similar
  
Gent‑Sint‑Pieters railway station, Saint Nicholas' Church, Ghent City Museum, Gravensteen, St Bavo's Cathedral - Ghent

Gent-Dampoort is the second largest railway station in Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. The station opened on 15 June 1861 on the Lines 58 and 59. The train services are operated by NMBS/SNCB.

The current building was built in 1973 by architects Dirk Servaes and Johan Beyne. The railway station is situated in the neighbourhood Dampoort in Ghent.

Train services

The station is served by the following services:

  • Intercity services (IC-02) Ostend - Bruges - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerpen
  • Intercity services (IC-04) Lille/Poperinge - Kortrijk - Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp
  • Intercity services (IC-28) Ghent - Sint-Niklaas - Antwerp (weekdays)
  • Local services (L-05) Eeklo - Ghent - Oudenaarde - Ronse
  • Local services (L-05) Eeklo - Ghent - Oudenaarde - Kortrijk (weekdays)
  • References

    Gent-Dampoort railway station Wikipedia