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
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Y Oost Ledeberg Eeklo railway station
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	Gent - Eeklo: 25 June 1861 Eeklo - Maldegem: 16 November 1862 Maldegem - Bruges: 22 June 1863
Closed	Brugge - Maldegem: 1959
Technical
Line length	21 km (13 mi)
Number of tracks	double track Y Oost Ledeberg - Wondelgem: 2 single track Wondelgem - Maldegem: 1
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	none
Operating speed	75 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)

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

• This article is based on a translation of the equivalent page on the Dutch language Wikipedia