Belgian railway line 58

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Belgian railway line 58
A train at Eeklo station in 1987
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Belgium
Termini	Eeklo railway station
Service
Operator(s)	National Railway Company of Belgium
History
Opened	Ghent - Eeklo: 25 June 1861 Eeklo - Maldegem: 16 November 1862 Maldegem - Bruges: 22 June 1863
Closed	Bruges - 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 Legend Line from Line to Gent-Sint-Pieters 1.3 Y Noord Δ Ledeberg, line 58/1 van Y West Δ Ledeberg A14 E17 2.0 Gentbrugge 3.1 3,6 line 58D naar Handelsdok opgebroken Handelsdok 4.0 Gent-Dampoort line to Y Oost-Berchem, line to Y St Bernadettestraat line 58/2 van 5.0 Y Boma line to Y Rostijne Y Muide bundel Groot Dok 6.1 Voorhavenkaai Voorhaven 6.8 Y Kanaal, line 58A to/from opgebroken line to/from opgebroken 8.4 line to Wondelgem Verbinding opgebroken line to R4 line from Y Zuid Everstein to Evergem-Sluis line from Y Noord Everstein to Evergem-Dam 9.9 10.9 14.0 16.0 17.8 18.8 Waarschoot militaire line Eeklo kazerne opgebroken line uit opgebroken 22.7 Eeklo vanaf hier tot Maldegem museumline 23.9 27.8 29.9 form Breskens opgebroken 32.7 37.1 grens East Flanders - West Flanders 41.6 militaire line kazerne 92 opgebroken 45.7 48.3 line from Y Oostkamp line from line from Bombardier Transportation 51.4 vanaf 1939 line from opgebroken tot 1939 line to line naar

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 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 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:

• local service Eeklo - Ghent (weekdays)
• rush hour service Eeklo - Ghent (weekdays)
• local service Eeklo - Ghent - Ronse (weekends)

Preceding station		National Railway Company of Belgium		Following station
Terminus		L {{{line}}}		Waarschoot toward Gent-Sint-Pieters
Terminus		L {{{line}}}		Waarschoot toward Gent-Sint-Pieters
Terminus		L {{{line}}}		Waarschoot toward

Connection tracks[]

• 58/1: Y West triangle Ledeberg (lijn 50E) - Y North triangleLedeberg (lijn 58)
• 58/2: Y Muide (lijn 58) - (lijn , lijn )

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