Belgian railway line 58
{{Short description|Railway line in Belgium}}
{{unreferenced| date=March 2017}}
{{Expand Dutch|Spoorlijn 58|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox rail line
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|name = Belgian railway line 58
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|image = 10.09.87 Eeklo 6220 (12957925014).jpg
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|caption = A train at Eeklo station in 1987
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|status = Operational
|locale = Belgium
|start = Y Oost Ledeberg
|end = Eeklo railway station
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|routes = {{Belgium line 58 diagram}}
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|open = Ghent - Eeklo: 25 June 1861
Eeklo - Maldegem: 16 November 1862
Maldegem - Bruges: 22 June 1863
|close = Bruges - Maldegem: 1959
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|operator = National Railway Company of Belgium
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|linelength = {{convert|21|km|mi|abbr=on}}
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|tracks = double track Y Oost Ledeberg - Wondelgem: 2
single track Wondelgem - Maldegem: 1
|gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
|load_gauge =
|electrification = none
|speed = 120 km/h Eeklo - Evergem
35 mph Evergem - Dampoort
55 mph Dampoort - Gent-Sint-Pieters
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|map = 275px {{Belgium line 58 diagram}}
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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 (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)
{{Adjacent stations|noclear=y
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|line1=R|type1=Local
Weekdays|right1=Waarschoot|to-right1=Gent-Sint-Pieters
|line2=R|type2=Rush hour
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|line3=R|type3=Weekends|right3=Waarschoot|to-right3=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)