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Belgian Railway Line 58
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 (Belgian railway line 59, 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) Connection tracks *58/1: Y West triangle Ledeberg (lijn Belgian railway line 50, 50E) - Y North triangleLedeberg (lijn 58) *58/2: Y Muide (lijn 58) - station Gent-Zeehaven, Gent-Zeehaven (lijn spoorlijn 59B, 59B, li ...
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Y Oost Ledeberg
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate Letter (alphabet), letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh if including W) vowel#Written vowels, vowel letter of the English alphabet. In English orthography, the English writing system, it mostly represents a vowel and seldom a consonant, and in other Orthography, orthographies it may represent a vowel or a consonant. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''wye'' (pronounced ), plural ''wyes''. Name In Latin, Y was named ''I graeca'' ("Greek I"), since the classical Greek sound , similar to modern German ''ü'' or French ''u'', was not a native sound for Latin speakers, and the letter was initially only used to spell foreign words. This history has led to the standard modern names of the letter in Romance languages – ''i grego'' in Galician, ...
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Belgian Railway Line 59
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. Stations The main interchange stations on line 59 are: *Antwerpen-Berchem: to Antwerp, Roosendaal, Lier and Brussels *Sint-Niklaas: to Mechelen *Lokeren: to Dendermonde Dendermonde (; french: Termonde, ) is a city in the Flemish province of East Flanders in Belgium. The municipality comprises the city of Dendermonde and the towns of Appels, Baasrode, Grembergen, Mespelare, Oudegem, Schoonaarde, and Sint-Gillis-b ... * Gent-Dampoort: t ...
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Station Gent-Zeehaven
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Belgian Railway Line 50
The Belgian railway line 50 is a railway line in Belgium connecting Brussels to Ghent. The first section between Ghent and Schellebelle was finished in 1837, offering a connection to Brussels through Dendermonde and Mechelen. The section between Schellebelle and Brussels was completed on 1 May 1856. A section between Ghent and Ostend was completed in 1838 and is named Belgian railway line 50A, line 50A. Between 1923 and 1933, the line 50A was extended to Brussels, which provides a fast connection between Brussels and Ghent. Where the original line 50 enters Brussels from the North, after passing through the city and station of Aalst, Belgium, Aalst, the later 50A enters Brussels from the South; this allows through trains from the West of the country to the East or vice versa without having to reverse. In 2016, line 50A was widened with two extra tracks, labelled 50C, between Denderleeuw and Brussels; the main reason was the increase in traffic from the Brussels Regional Express Ne ...
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Stoomcentrum Maldegem
Steamtrain Maldegem-Eeklo (SME), is a heritage railway located at Maldegem in northern Belgium. It is located at the former NMBS station. Standard gauge trains run on the line to Eeklo, where the SCM has its own station. A narrow gauge line runs to Donk on the former line to Bruges; this was supplemented by the standard gauge line in 1989. Stock List Steam locomotives *Operational **Standard Gauge *** Avonside No. 1908 of 1925. Named "Fred". *** La Meuse of 1926. Named "Bébert". ***St. Léonard n°947 of 1893. Build in Liège. ***Hunslet, No. 3796 of 1953, WD196, "Errol Lonsdale". Previously based on the South Devon Railway in England. *** Hanomag 0-4-0WT of 1906. *Non Operational **Narrow Gauge *** TKh No. 5387, named "General Maczik". Moved to SME from the Northampton & Lamport Railway in England in 2006. *** Haine St. Pierre n°416 of 1891. Awaiting restoration ***Orenstein & Koppel Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to "O&K") was a major Germany, German en ...
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Maldegem
Maldegem (; vls, Moaldegem), earlier spelled Maldeghem, is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the villages of Maldegem, Adegem and . and have always been separate hamlets of Maldegem. On 1 January 2018, Maldegem had a total population of 23,689. The total area is which gives a population density of 250 inhabitants per km². The Stoomcentrum Maldegem is located at the former NMBS railway station at Maldegem. World War II airfield An airfield established in 1939 near Maldegem was taken over by the invading German army in 1940 and used by the Luftwaffe. Seized by British Forces in September 1944, it was designated " Advanced Landing Ground B-65". Notable inhabitants * Joanna Courtmans (1811–1890), writer International relations Twin towns — Sister cities Maldegem is twinned with the following towns: * Adria, Italy * Świdnica, Poland * Ermont, France * Wierden, Netherlands * Lampertheim, Germany G ...
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Bruges
Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the country by population. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares (138.4 km2; 53.44 sq miles), including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (from , meaning 'Bruges by the Sea'). The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval in shape and about 430 hectares in size. The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008),Statistics Belgium; ''Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2008'' (excel-file)
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Eeklo Railway Station
Eeklo is a railway station in Eeklo, East Flanders, Belgium. The station opened on 25 June 1861 on the Line 58. The train services are operated by NMBS/SNCB french: Société nationale des chemins de fer belgesgerman: Nationale Gesellschaft der Belgischen Eisenbahnen , type = Statutory corporation , industry = Rail Transport , foundation = 1926 , founder = Government o .... The current building was built in the 80's by architect Jacques Devincke. The railway station is in the city centre. The station used to not be the terminus with the line continuing via Maldegem to Bruges . The Eeklo - Maldegem section of this line still operates as a museum railway by the Stoomcentrum Maldegem . For practical reasons, this association has constructed a platform on the other side of Oostveldstraat, where their museum trains stop. The connection between that line and the SNCB network is currently only used sporadically. The station has 3 platform tracks a ...
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Eeklo
Eeklo () is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises only the town of Eeklo proper. The name ''Eeklo'' comes from the contraction of "eke" and "lo", two Old German words meaning ''oak'' and ''sparse woods'' (compare English ''Oakley''). History Origins and Middle Ages There are not many traces of early habitation in the Eeklo area. It is presumed that some oaks would have attracted the attention of travellers on the Roman road that ran along the local sandbar among the marshes. By 1240, a town had grown here and had already become important enough to warrant a civic charter by Jeanne of Constantinople, Countess of Flanders. Over the years, the marshes were drained to give place to fortified farms, some remnants of which can still be seen today (''Groot Goed''). Like most other cities in the County of Flanders, Eeklo's economy was based on the cloth industry, and commercial relations were established with the more powerful neighbo ...
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