Belgian railway line 58 explained

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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.

Current condition

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.

Train service

The following services currently the serve the line:

Connection tracks

References