Belgian railway line 58

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

Belgian railway line 58
A train at Eeklo station in 1987
Overview
StatusOperational
LocaleBelgium
TerminiY Oost Ledeberg
Eeklo railway station
Service
Operator(s)National Railway Company of Belgium
History
OpenedGent - Eeklo: 25 June 1861
Eeklo - Maldegem: 16 November 1862
Maldegem - Bruges: 22 June 1863
ClosedBrugge - Maldegem: 1959
Technical
Line length21 km (13 mi)
Number of tracksdouble track Y Oost Ledeberg - Wondelgem: 2
single track Wondelgem - Maldegem: 1
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Electrificationnone
Operating speed75 mph Eeklo - Evergem
35 mph Evergem - Dampoort
55 mph Dampoort - Gent-Sint-Pieters
Route map

Line from Y Oost Ledeberg
Line to Gent-Sint-Pieters
1.3 Y Noord Δ Ledeberg, line 58/1 van Y West Δ Ledeberg
Gentbrugge-Zuid
N9
A14 E17
2.0 Gentbrugge
3.1 Gent-Heirnis
Schelde
3,6 line 58D naar Handelsdok
opgebroken
Gent-Oost
Kasteelsluis
Handelsdok
4.0 Gent-Dampoort
line 59 to Y Oost-Berchem, line 59B to Y St Bernadettestraat
line 58/2 van Gent-Zeehaven
5.0 Y Boma line 204 to Y Rostijne
Y Muide
bundel Groot Dok
6.1 Gent-Muide
Voorhavenkaai
Wiedauwkaaibrug Voorhaven
Gent-Rabot
Verbindingskanaal
6.8 Y Kanaal, line 58A to/from Gent-Rabot
opgebroken
line 55 to/from Gent-Sint Pieters
opgebroken
8.4 Wondelgem
line 203 to Wondelgem Verbinding
opgebroken
line 55 to Terneuzen
R4
line 216 from Y Zuid Everstein to Evergem-Sluis
Ringvaart
line 217 from Y Noord Everstein to Evergem-Dam
9.9 Molenheide
10.9 Evergem
14.0 Sleidinge
16.0 Eeksken
17.8 Arisdonk
18.8 Waarschoot
militaire line Eeklo kazerne
opgebroken
line 55A uit Zelzate
opgebroken
22.7 Eeklo
vanaf hier tot Maldegem museumline
23.9 Boelare
27.8 Balgerhoeke
Schipdonkkanaal
29.9 Adegem
N44
tramline form Breskens
opgebroken
32.7 Maldegem
37.1 Donk
grens Oost-Vlaanderen - West-Vlaanderen
41.6 Sijsele
militaire line kazerne 92
opgebroken
45.7 Assebroek
48.3 Steenbrugge
Kanaal Gent-Brugge
line 50A/5 from Y Oostkamp
line 66 from Kortrijk
line 50A from Brussel-Zuid
Bombardier Transportation
Brugge-Vorming
51.4 Brugge
vanaf 1939
line 66 from Kortrijk
opgebroken
Brugge
tot 1939
line 51 to Blankenberge
line 50A naar Oostende

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, and electrified between Y ledeberg and Gent-Dampoort. This last station is part of the connection between Gent and Antwerpen (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:

  • local service Eeklo - Gent (weekdays)
  • rush hour service Eeklo - Gent (weekdays)
  • local service Eeklo - Gent - Ronse (weekends)
Preceding station   National Railway Company of Belgium   Following station
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toward Ronse

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

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