Box Width: | auto |
Belgian railway line 59 | |
Status: | Operational |
Locale: | Belgium |
Start: | Antwerpen-Berchem railway station |
Open: | 1844-1970 |
Operator: | National Railway Company of Belgium |
Linelength: | 56km (35miles) |
Map State: | collapsed |
The Belgian railway line 59 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Antwerp with Ghent. It was opened between 1844 and 1847. Until 1970, the eastern terminus of the railway was a station on the left bank of the river Scheldt, opposite the city centre of Antwerp. Since 1970, the railway is connected to Antwerp central station by a rail tunnel under the Scheldt. The total length of the line between Antwerpen-Berchem and Gent-Dampoort (the section between Gent-Dampoort and Gent-Sint-Pieters is part of line 58 Ghent – Eeklo) is 55.8 km.
The main interchange stations on line 59 are:
to Mechelen
to Dendermonde
to Gent-Sint-Pieters and Eeklo