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Belgian railway line 58 | |
Status: | Operational |
Locale: | Belgium |
Start: | Y Oost Ledeberg |
Open: | Ghent - Eeklo: 25 June 1861 Eeklo - Maldegem: 16 November 1862 Maldegem - Bruges: 22 June 1863 |
Close: | Bruges - Maldegem: 1959 |
Operator: | National Railway Company of Belgium |
Linelength: | 21km (13miles) |
Tracks: | double track Y Oost Ledeberg - Wondelgem: 2 single track Wondelgem - Maldegem: 1 |
Electrification: | none |
Speed: | 120 km/h Eeklo - Evergem 35 mph Evergem - Dampoort 55 mph Dampoort - Gent-Sint-Pieters |
Map State: | collapsed |
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.
The railway line speed is 120 km/h. The railway is double track between Y Ledeberg (origin) and Wondelgem, and electrified between Y ledeberg and Gent-Dampoort. This last station is part of the connection between Ghent and Antwerp (Line 59).Further is the line single track and unelectrified.
Section between Eeklo and Maldegem is run as a heritage railway line by Stoomcentrum Maldegem.
The following services currently the serve the line: